Wiki Lack of prenatal care code for AT THE DELIVERY/CHILDBIRTH

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parcoeliz

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Hi there,

I have a chart for a woman presenting in labor...she ended up having a c/s. So, this is a childbirth/delivery episode. The woman did not have ANY prenatal care. I was trying to find an ICD 10 cm code for that. The only code I could find was code O09.3--Supervision of pregnancy with insufficient antenatal care. BUT you can't use this code on a childbirth/delivery chart, only for pregnancy/prenatal visits. So, is there a code I can use? Or do I just not code anything for that?
Thank you!
 
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If your primary code is O82 you should leave it off, as the only things that should go with that is a Z37.- code and maybe Z3A.-

If your primary code is something else, I think you could list the O09.3- as a secondary code for informational purposes.
 
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Hi, no you can't use the O09 code with the delivery. Per the guidelines you would assign any complications that occurred (eg, why is she having a c-sec) and if there are no complications use O80 or O82. If a reason for the c-sec wasn't specified in the note though, I would send it back and ask.
 
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