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Version 2024
Non-Billable Code

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O24.4

Gestational diabetes mellitus

ICD-10-CM Code:
O24.4
ICD-10 Code for:
Gestational diabetes mellitus
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
    (O00-O9A)
    • Other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy
      (O20-O29)
      • Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium
        (O24)

O24.4 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 diabetes mellitus. 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 diabetes mellitus

Non-specific codes like O24.4 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 diabetes mellitus:

  • O24.41 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O24.410 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, diet controlled - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O24.414 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, insulin controlled - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O24.415 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, controlled by oral hypoglycemic drugs - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O24.419 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, unspecified control - BILLABLE CODE

  • O24.42 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O24.420 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth, diet controlled - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O24.424 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth, insulin controlled - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O24.425 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth, controlled by oral hypoglycemic drugs - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O24.429 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth, unspecified control - BILLABLE CODE

  • O24.43 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in the puerperium - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O24.430 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in the puerperium, diet controlled - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O24.434 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in the puerperium, insulin controlled - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O24.435 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in puerperium, controlled by oral hypoglycemic drugs - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O24.439 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in the puerperium, unspecified control - BILLABLE CODE

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  • Diabetes mellitus arising in pregnancy
  • Gestational diabetes mellitus NOS

Patient Education


Diabetes and Pregnancy

Diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. When you are pregnant, high blood sugar levels are not good for your baby.

About seven out of every 100 pregnant women in the United States get gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is diabetes that happens for the first time when a woman is pregnant. Most of the time, it goes away after you have your baby. But it does increase your risk for developing type 2 diabetes later on. Your child is also at risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Most women get a test to check for diabetes during their second trimester of pregnancy. Women at higher risk may get a test earlier.

If you already have diabetes, the best time to control your blood sugar is before you get pregnant. High blood sugar levels can be harmful to your baby during the first weeks of pregnancy - even before you know you are pregnant. To keep you and your baby healthy, it is important to keep your blood sugar as close to normal as possible before and during pregnancy.

Either type of diabetes during pregnancy increases the chances of problems for you and your baby. To help lower the chances talk to your health care team about:

  • A meal plan for your pregnancy
  • A safe exercise plan
  • How often to test your blood sugar
  • Taking your medicine as prescribed. Your medicine plan may need to change during pregnancy.

NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases


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Gestational diabetes

Gestational diabetes is a disorder characterized by abnormally high levels of blood glucose (also called blood sugar) during pregnancy. Affected women do not have diabetes before they are pregnant, and most of these women go back to being nondiabetic soon after the baby is born. The disease has a 30 to 70 percent chance of recurring in subsequent pregnancies. Additionally, about half of women with gestational diabetes develop another form of diabetes, known as type 2 diabetes, within a few years after their pregnancy.

Gestational diabetes is often discovered during the second trimester of pregnancy. Most affected women have no symptoms, and the disease is discovered through routine screening at their obstetrician's office. If untreated, gestational diabetes increases the risk of pregnancy-associated high blood pressure (called preeclampsia) and early (premature) delivery of the baby.

Babies of mothers with gestational diabetes tend to be large (macrosomia), which can cause complications during birth. Infants whose mothers have gestational diabetes are also more likely to develop dangerously low blood glucose levels soon after birth. Later in life, these individuals have an increased risk of developing obesity, heart disease, and type 2 diabetes.


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Gestational Diabetes

Learn about gestational diabetes, including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and management. Find out what you can do to help prevent gestational diabetes.
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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.