Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM
O98.2 Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
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Instructional notes
Chapter 15
Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
- supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
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- code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
Notes
- CODES FROM THIS CHAPTER ARE FOR USE ONLY ON MATERNAL RECORDS, NEVER ON NEWBORN RECORDS
- Codes from this chapter are for use for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth, or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)
- Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. They are defined as follows:
- 1st trimester- less than 14 weeks 0 days
- 2nd trimester- 14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
- 3rd trimester- 28 weeks 0 days until delivery
O98
Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
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- code (Chapter 1), to identify specific infectious or parasitic disease
Includes
- the listed conditions when complicating the pregnant state, when aggravated by the pregnancy, or as a reason for obstetric care
Chapter 15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) · O94-O9A Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified (O94-O9A)
Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.
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