2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O24
Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- O24
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Diabetes in pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium
- Is Billable?
- Not Valid for Submission
- Code Navigator:
O24 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.
Specific Coding Applicable to Diabetes in pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium
Non-specific codes like O24 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for diabetes in pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium:
O24.0 for Pre-existing type 1 diabetes mellitus, in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - NON-BILLABLE CODE
O24.01 for Pre-existing type 1 diabetes mellitus, in pregnancy - NON-BILLABLE CODE
Use O24.02 for Pre-existing type 1 diabetes mellitus, in childbirth - BILLABLE CODE
Use O24.03 for Pre-existing type 1 diabetes mellitus, in the puerperium - BILLABLE CODE
O24.1 for Pre-existing type 2 diabetes mellitus, in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - NON-BILLABLE CODE
O24.11 for Pre-existing type 2 diabetes mellitus, in pregnancy - NON-BILLABLE CODE
Use O24.12 for Pre-existing type 2 diabetes mellitus, in childbirth - BILLABLE CODE
Use O24.13 for Pre-existing type 2 diabetes mellitus, in the puerperium - BILLABLE CODE
O24.3 for Unspecified pre-existing diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - NON-BILLABLE CODE
O24.31 for Unspecified pre-existing diabetes mellitus in pregnancy - NON-BILLABLE CODE
Use O24.32 for Unspecified pre-existing diabetes mellitus in childbirth - BILLABLE CODE
Use O24.33 for Unspecified pre-existing diabetes mellitus in the puerperium - BILLABLE CODE
O24.4 for Gestational diabetes mellitus - NON-BILLABLE CODE
O24.41 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy - NON-BILLABLE CODE
O24.42 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth - NON-BILLABLE CODE
O24.43 for Gestational diabetes mellitus in the puerperium - NON-BILLABLE CODE
O24.8 for Other pre-existing diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium - NON-BILLABLE CODE
O24.81 for Other pre-existing diabetes mellitus in pregnancy - NON-BILLABLE CODE
Use O24.82 for Other pre-existing diabetes mellitus in childbirth - BILLABLE CODE
Use O24.83 for Other pre-existing diabetes mellitus in the puerperium - BILLABLE CODE
O24.9 for Unspecified diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - NON-BILLABLE CODE
O24.91 for Unspecified diabetes mellitus in pregnancy - NON-BILLABLE CODE
Use O24.92 for Unspecified diabetes mellitus in childbirth - BILLABLE CODE
Use O24.93 for Unspecified diabetes mellitus in the puerperium - BILLABLE CODE
Patient Education
Diabetes and Pregnancy
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
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Pregnancy if You Have Diabetes
Learn how to take care of your diabetes before and during pregnancy so you can have a healthy baby. Talk with your health care team before you get pregnant.[Learn More in MedlinePlus]
Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- 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
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.