ICD-10 chapter

Chapter XV Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Chapter XV of ICD-10 is titled “Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium”. It spans codes O00–O99, in 8 blocks.

What Chapter XV excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

  • Certain diseases or injuries complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium classified elsewhere:
    • external causes (for mortality) V01-Y89
    • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external cause S00-T88.1, T88.6-T98
    • mental and behavioural disorders associated with the puerperium F53.-
    • obstetrical tetanus A34
    • postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland E23.0
    • puerperal osteomalacia M83.0
  • supervision of:

Coding notes

  • The codes included in this chapter are to be used for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)

Blocks in Chapter XV

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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