ICD-9 Code 674.00

Cerebrovascular disorders in the puerperium, unspecified as to episode of care or not applicable

Not Valid for Submission

674.00 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of cerebrovascular disorders in the puerperium, unspecified as to episode of care or not applicable. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

ICD-9: 674.00
Short Description:Puerp cerebvasc dis-unsp
Long Description:Cerebrovascular disorders in the puerperium, unspecified as to episode of care or not applicable

Convert 674.00 to ICD-10

The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

  • O99.419 - Diseases of the circ sys comp pregnancy, unsp trimester

Code Classification

  • Complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (630–679)
    • Complications of the puerperium (670-677)
      • 674 Other and unspecified complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classified

Information for Medical Professionals

Code Edits

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Information for Patients


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ICD-9 Footnotes

General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.

  • Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
  • No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
  • Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.