ICD-10-CM Code O07.39

Valid for Submission

O07.39 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of failed attempted termination of pregnancy with other complications. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code O07.39 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like anoxia of brain, atrophy of liver, electrolyte imbalance, failed attempted termination of pregnancy with acute necrosis of liver, failed attempted termination of pregnancy with cerebral anoxia, failed attempted termination of pregnancy with electrolyte imbalance, etc

The code O07.39 is applicable to female patients aged 12 through 55 years inclusive. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-female patient outside the stated age range.

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code O07.39 are found in the index:

• - Abortion (complete) (spontaneous) - O03.9
  • - attempted (elective) (failed) - O07.4
    • - complicated by - O07.30
      • - specified condition NEC - O07.39

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:

• Maternity diagnoses - Maternity. Age range is 12–55 years inclusive (e.g., diabetes in pregnancy, antepartum pulmonary complication).
• Diagnoses for females only - Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient’s sex and any diagnosis on the patient’s record, this code applies to FEMALES only .

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Anoxia of brain
• Atrophy of liver
• Electrolyte imbalance
• Failed attempted termination of pregnancy with acute necrosis of liver
• Failed attempted termination of pregnancy with cerebral anoxia
• Failed attempted termination of pregnancy with electrolyte imbalance

Convert O07.39 to ICD-9

• 638.7 - Attemp abort w compl NEC (Approximate Flag)

Code Classification

• Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00–O99)
  • Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00-O08)
    • Failed attempted termination of pregnancy (O07)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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