2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O28.8

Other abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother

ICD-10-CM:
O28.8
Short Description:
Other abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
    (O00–O99)
    • Other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy
      (O20-O29)
      • Abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother
        (O28)

O28.8 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

The code O28.8 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.

The code is commonly used in ob/gyn medical specialties to specify clinical concepts such as maternal disorders related to pregnancy.

Approximate Synonyms

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

  • Cardiotochogram finding
  • Cardiotochogram finding
  • Cardiotochogram finding
  • Cardiotochogram finding
  • CTG reactivity - finding
  • CTG reactivity - finding
  • CTG tracing problem
  • Fetal parts not palpable per abdomen
  • Nonreactive CTG tracing
  • Reactivity reduced
  • Unsatisfactory CTG tracing

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10-CM 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 .

Convert to ICD-9-CM Code

Source ICD-10-CM CodeTarget ICD-9-CM Code
O28.8796.5 - Abn find antenatl screen
Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.

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.