Version 2024

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O12.0

Gestational edema

ICD-10-CM Code:
O12.0
ICD-10 Code for:
Gestational edema
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
    (O00-O9A)
    • Edema, proteinuria and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
      (O10-O16)
      • Gestational [pregnancy-induced] edema and proteinuria without hypertension
        (O12)

O12.0 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of gestational edema. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Gestational edema

Non-specific codes like O12.0 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for gestational edema:

  • Use O12.00 for Gestational edema, unspecified trimester - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O12.01 for Gestational edema, first trimester - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O12.02 for Gestational edema, second trimester - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O12.03 for Gestational edema, third trimester - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O12.04 for Gestational edema, complicating childbirth - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O12.05 for Gestational edema, complicating the puerperium - BILLABLE CODE

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).

Patient Education


Edema

Edema means swelling caused by fluid in your body's tissues. It usually occurs in the feet, ankles and legs, but it can involve your entire body.

Causes of edema include:

  • Eating too much salt
  • Sunburn
  • Heart failure
  • Kidney disease
  • Liver problems from cirrhosis
  • Pregnancy
  • Problems with lymph nodes, especially after mastectomy
  • Some medicines
  • Standing or walking a lot when the weather is warm

To keep swelling down, your health care provider may recommend keeping your legs raised when sitting, wearing support stockings, limiting how much salt you eat, or taking a medicine called a diuretic - also called a water pill.


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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.