Version 2024

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O36.6

Maternal care for excessive fetal growth

ICD-10-CM Code:
O36.6
ICD-10 Code for:
Maternal care for excessive fetal growth
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
    (O00-O9A)
    • Maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems
      (O30-O48)
      • Maternal care for other fetal problems
        (O36)

O36.6 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of maternal care for excessive fetal growth. 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 Maternal care for excessive fetal growth

Non-specific codes like O36.6 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 maternal care for excessive fetal growth:

  • O36.60 for Maternal care for excessive fetal growth, unspecified trimester - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.60X0 for not applicable or unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.60X1 for fetus 1 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.60X2 for fetus 2 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.60X3 for fetus 3 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.60X4 for fetus 4 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.60X5 for fetus 5 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.60X9 for other fetus - BILLABLE CODE

  • O36.61 for Maternal care for excessive fetal growth, first trimester - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.61X0 for not applicable or unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.61X1 for fetus 1 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.61X2 for fetus 2 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.61X3 for fetus 3 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.61X4 for fetus 4 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.61X5 for fetus 5 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.61X9 for other fetus - BILLABLE CODE

  • O36.62 for Maternal care for excessive fetal growth, second trimester - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.62X0 for not applicable or unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.62X1 for fetus 1 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.62X2 for fetus 2 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.62X3 for fetus 3 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.62X4 for fetus 4 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.62X5 for fetus 5 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.62X9 for other fetus - BILLABLE CODE

  • O36.63 for Maternal care for excessive fetal growth, third trimester - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.63X0 for not applicable or unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.63X1 for fetus 1 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.63X2 for fetus 2 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.63X3 for fetus 3 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.63X4 for fetus 4 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.63X5 for fetus 5 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.63X9 for other fetus - BILLABLE CODE

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.


Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
  • Maternal care for known or suspected large-for-dates

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).

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.