O36.4Non-billable
Maternal care for intrauterine death
Chapter 15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
Inclusion Terms
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Inclusion Terms
- •Maternal care for intrauterine fetal death NOS
- •Maternal care for intrauterine fetal death after completion of 20 weeks of gestation
- •Maternal care for late fetal death
- •Maternal care for missed delivery
Coding Guidance
O36.4 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for fetal demise
fetal demise
View TemplatesFetal Demise
Additional Information from Parent Codes
The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Includes
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Includes
From O36:
- •the listed conditions in the fetus as a reason for hospitalization or other obstetric care of the mother, or for termination of pregnancy
Excludes1
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Excludes1
From O00-O9A:
- •supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
Use Additional Code
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Use Additional Code
From O00-O9A:
- •code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
Notes
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Notes
From O00-O9A:
- •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
7th Character Notes
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7th Character Notes
From O36:
- •One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to each code under category O36. 7th character 0 is for single gestations and multiple gestations where the fetus is unspecified. 7th characters 1 through 9 are for cases of multiple gestations to identify the fetus for which the code applies. The appropriate code from category O30, Multiple gestation, must also be assigned when assigning a code from category O36 that has a 7th character of 1 through 9.
- •0: not applicable or unspecified
- •1: fetus 1
- •2: fetus 2
- •3: fetus 3
- •4: fetus 4
- •5: fetus 5
- •9: other fetus