2021 ICD-10-CM Code O12.25
Gestational edema with proteinuria, complicating the puerperium
Valid for Submission
O12.25 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of gestational edema with proteinuria, complicating the puerperium. The code O12.25 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The code O12.25 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.
| ICD-10: | O12.25 |
| Short Description: | Gestational edema with proteinuria, comp the puerperium |
| Long Description: | Gestational edema with proteinuria, complicating the puerperium |
Code Classification
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 O12.25 are found in the index:
- - Puerperal, puerperium (complicated by, complications)
- - gestational
- - edema - O12.05
- - with proteinuria - O12.25
- - edema - O12.05
- - gestational
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 - The Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies in maternity cases by checking a patient's age and any diagnosis on the patient's record. The maternity code edits apply to patients age ange is 9–64 years inclusive (e.g., diabetes in pregnancy, antepartum pulmonary complication).
- Diagnoses for females only - The Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient’s sex and any diagnosis on the patient’s record, these edits apply to FEMALES only .
Replacement Code
O1225 replaces the following previously assigned ICD-10 code(s):
- O12.20 - Gestational edema with proteinuria, unspecified trimester
Convert O12.25 to ICD-9 Code
Code History
- 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