Version 2024

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O36.59

Maternal care for other known or suspected poor fetal growth

ICD-10-CM Code:
O36.59
ICD-10 Code for:
Maternal care for other known or suspected poor 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)

O36.59 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 other known or suspected poor 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 other known or suspected poor fetal growth

Non-specific codes like O36.59 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 other known or suspected poor fetal growth:

  • O36.591 for Maternal care for other known or suspected poor fetal growth, first trimester - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5910 for not applicable or unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5911 for fetus 1 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5912 for fetus 2 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5913 for fetus 3 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5914 for fetus 4 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5915 for fetus 5 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5919 for other fetus - BILLABLE CODE

  • O36.592 for Maternal care for other known or suspected poor fetal growth, second trimester - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5920 for not applicable or unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5921 for fetus 1 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5922 for fetus 2 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5923 for fetus 3 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5924 for fetus 4 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5925 for fetus 5 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5929 for other fetus - BILLABLE CODE

  • O36.593 for Maternal care for other known or suspected poor fetal growth, third trimester - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5930 for not applicable or unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5931 for fetus 1 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5932 for fetus 2 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5933 for fetus 3 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5934 for fetus 4 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5935 for fetus 5 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5939 for other fetus - BILLABLE CODE

  • O36.599 for Maternal care for other known or suspected poor fetal growth, unspecified trimester - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5990 for not applicable or unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5991 for fetus 1 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5992 for fetus 2 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5993 for fetus 3 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5994 for fetus 4 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5995 for fetus 5 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O36.5999 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 light-for-dates NOS
  • Maternal care for known or suspected small-for-dates NOS

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.