ICD-10 Code O24.93
Unspecified diabetes mellitus in the puerperium
| ICD-10: | O24.93 |
| Short Description: | Unspecified diabetes mellitus in the puerperium |
| Long Description: | Unspecified diabetes mellitus in the puerperium |
Valid for Submission
ICD-10 O24.93 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of unspecified diabetes mellitus in the puerperium. The code is valid for the year 2019 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00–O99)
Information for Medical Professionals
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 - Diagnoses for females only.
Convert O24.93 to ICD-9
The following crosswalk between ICD-10 to ICD-9 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms:
- Diabetes mellitus during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- Diabetes mellitus in the puerperium - baby delivered during current episode of care
- Diabetes mellitus in the puerperium - baby delivered during previous episode of care
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 O24.93 are found in the index:
Information for Patients
Diabetes and Pregnancy
Also called: Gestational diabetes
Diabetes is a disease in which your blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels are too high. When you are pregnant, high blood sugar levels are not good for your baby.
About seven out of every 100 pregnant women in the United States get gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is diabetes that happens for the first time when a woman is pregnant. Most of the time, it goes away after you have your baby. But it does increase your risk for developing type 2 diabetes later on. Your child is also at risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Most women get a test to check for diabetes during their second trimester of pregnancy. Women at higher risk may get a test earlier.
If you already have diabetes, the best time to control your blood sugar is before you get pregnant. High blood sugar levels can be harmful to your baby during the first weeks of pregnancy - even before you know you are pregnant. To keep you and your baby healthy, it is important to keep your blood sugar as close to normal as possible before and during pregnancy.
Either type of diabetes during pregnancy increases the chances of problems for you and your baby. To help lower the chances talk to your health care team about
- A meal plan for your pregnancy
- A safe exercise plan
- How often to test your blood sugar
- Taking your medicine as prescribed. Your medicine plan may need to change during pregnancy.
NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Diabetes diet - gestational (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Gestational diabetes (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Gestational diabetes - self-care (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Glucose screening and tolerance tests during pregnancy (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Infant of diabetic mother (Medical Encyclopedia)
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ICD-10 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
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