2021 ICD-10-CM Code O14.25
HELLP syndrome, complicating the puerperium
Valid for Submission
O14.25 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of hellp syndrome, complicating the puerperium. The code O14.25 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The code O14.25 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: | O14.25 |
| Short Description: | HELLP syndrome, complicating the puerperium |
| Long Description: | HELLP syndrome, 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 O14.25 are found in the index:
- - HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count) - O14.2
- - complicating
- - puerperium - O14.25
- - complicating
- - Pre-eclampsia - O14.9
- - Syndrome - See Also: Disease;
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
O1425 replaces the following previously assigned ICD-10 code(s):
- O14.20 - HELLP syndrome (HELLP), unspecified trimester
Convert O14.25 to ICD-9 Code
The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code O14.25 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original 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