2026 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O32.3XX0Maternal care for face, brow and chin presentation, not applicable or unspecified
O32.3XX0 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for maternal care for face, brow and chin presentation, not applicable or unspecified. The 7th character 0 shows this applies to a single gestation, or that the affected fetus is not identified. It is valid on HIPAA claims for fiscal year 2026 (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026) and groups to MS-DRG 817 through 819, 831 through 833. The code is restricted by the Medicare Code Editor to maternity cases (age 9 through 64). In AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software (CCSR), this diagnosis falls under Malposition, disproportion or other labor complications.
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Medicare Code Editor checks that affect claim validity for O32.3XX0.
Approximate SynonymsGuidance
Alternate terms and clinical phrases that map to this code.
- Abnormal delivery
- Anterior brow position
- Brow delivery
- Brow left anterior position
- Brow left posterior position
- Brow presentation
- Brow right anterior position
- Brow right posterior position
- Direct mentoanterior position
- Direct mentoposterior position
- Face delivery
- Face presentation of fetus
- Face to pubes birth
- Fetal disorder due to face presentation during labor
- Fetal disorder due to face presentation during prelabor
- Fetal disorder due to malpresentation during labor
- Fetal disorder due to malpresentation during prelabor
- Fetal ear palpable vaginally
- Fetal mouth palpable vaginally
- Fetal mouth presenting
- Fetal nose palpable vaginally
- Fetal nose presenting
- Fetal orbital ridges palpable vaginally
- Lateral brow position
- Left lateral brow position
- Left mentoanterior position
- Left mentolateral position
- Left mentoposterior position
- Malposition of fetus in brow presentation
- Malposition of fetus in face presentation
- Mentoanterior position
- Mentolateral position
- Mentoposterior position
- Mentum presentation of fetus
- Posterior brow position
- Presentation of orbital ridges of fetus
- Right lateral brow position
- Right mentoanterior position
- Right mentolateral position
- Right mentoposterior position
Clinical ClassificationClinical
AHRQ’s CCSR groups this code into broader clinical categories.
Clinical InformationClinical
Brow Presentation
a fetal presentation during delivery in which the brow of the fetus is first to descend into the birth canal.
Patient EducationClinical
Childbirth Problems
Childbirth is the process of giving birth to a baby. It includes labor and delivery. Usually everything goes well, but problems can happen. They may cause a risk to the mother, baby, or both. Some of the more common childbirth problems include:
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Convert O32.3XX0 to ICD-9-CMHistory
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Questions About O32.3XX0Overview
Is O32.3XX0 (Maternal care for face, brow and chin presentation) a billable code?
Yes. This is a billable ICD-10-CM code, specific enough to report maternal care for face, brow and chin presentation, not applicable or unspecified on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.
What does the 7th character 0 in O32.3XX0 mean?
The final character 0 shows the maternal care for face, brow and chin presentation applies to a single gestation, or that the affected fetus cannot be identified.
What MS-DRG does O32.3XX0 group to?
When maternal care for face, brow and chin presentation, not applicable or unspecified is the principal diagnosis on an inpatient stay, it groups to MS-DRG 817, 818, 819, 831, 832, 833, with relative weights from 0.5229 to 1.6880 depending on complications. Higher weights mean higher Medicare reimbursement.
Who can O32.3XX0 be reported for?
The Medicare Code Editor checks maternal care for face, brow and chin presentation, not applicable or unspecified against patient demographics: this code is intended for maternity cases (age 9 through 64). Claims outside these limits are flagged as inconsistent.
What is the ICD-9 equivalent of O32.3XX0?
Under the General Equivalence Mappings, maternal care for face, brow and chin presentation, not applicable or unspecified converts to ICD-9-CM 652.41 (face/brow present-deliv) and 652.43 (face/brow pres-antepart). The mapping is approximate, so confirm the match fits the documentation.
Footnotes
[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.
