Miscarriage ICD-10-CM Codes | 2023

What Miscarriage ICD-10 codes can I use?

If you’re looking for Miscarriage ICD codes, you might have some trouble because there are no ICD-10 codes that mention miscarriage in their names. That doesn’t mean there aren’t any codes for miscarriage, though!

Miscarriage is sometimes referred to as spontaneous abortion. The ICD-10 codes you’re looking for use that term. Here are examples of such codes you can use:

• O03.9 - Complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion without complication

This ICD-10 code is meant to be used on a female patient confirmed to have had a complete miscarriage or some other type of miscarriage that isn’t incomplete or a missed abortion.

• O03.4 - Incomplete spontaneous abortion without complication

This is similar to Item 1, but this time, it’s for incomplete miscarriages. An incomplete miscarriage means that only some of the products of conception leave the body.

• O02.1 - Missed abortion

This ICD-10 code is meant to be used on a female patient confirmed to have a missed miscarriage, which means that their pregnancy has failed and the products of conception don’t leave the body.

• N96 - Recurrent pregnancy loss

This ICD-10 code is meant to be used on a female patient confirmed to have recurrent miscarriages.

• Z87.59 - Personal history of other complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

This ICD-10 code is meant to be used on a female patient confirmed to have a personal history of complications with pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium. If they’ve had a history of miscarriages, this code applies to them.

• Z84.89 - Family history of other specified conditions

This ICD-10 code is meant to be used on a patient confirmed to have a family history of certain conditions that don’t have specific history of ICD codes. Miscarriage counts for this.

Please note that these ICD-10 codes are for miscarriages only and nothing concerning complications that can emerge due to miscarriages. Please use the specific ICD-10 codes for such complications, and remember to use the term spontaneous abortion when looking for them.

Are these Miscarriage ICD-10 codes billable?

Yes. All of the aforementioned ICD-10 codes for Miscarriage are valid and billable.

Clinical information about Miscarriages:

A miscarriage (sometimes referred to as spontaneous abortion) is the sudden end of a pregnancy sometime within the first twenty weeks of gestation. It is an occurrence beyond anyone’s control and the result of the sudden halt in a fetus’ growth in the womb.

It often occurs due to chromosomal imbalances in the fetus and abnormalities during the growth of a fertilized egg.

Currently, professionals don’t have a definite answer for why chromosomal problems occur in fetuses. Still, for now, several factors are said to contribute to this problem, such as infections, excessive smoking and alcohol consumption, excessive use of recreational drugs, diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, and thyroid disease, to mention a few.

The most common signs of miscarriage to look out for in a pregnant patient are cramps, abdominal pain, lower back pain, light to heavy vaginal bleeding, and passing of tissue and blood clots.

Synonyms include:

• Complete miscarriage
• Inevitable miscarriage
• Fetal demise from miscarriage
• Listeria miscarriage
• Miscarriage at 8 to 28 weeks
• Miscarriage in first trimester
• Miscarriage in second trimester
• Miscarriage in third trimester
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