ICD-10 Code O36.4XX5
Maternal care for intrauterine death, fetus 5
| ICD-10: | O36.4XX5 |
| Short Description: | Maternal care for intrauterine death, fetus 5 |
| Long Description: | Maternal care for intrauterine death, fetus 5 |
Valid for Submission
ICD-10 O36.4XX5 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of maternal care for intrauterine death, fetus 5. 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 O36.4XX5 to ICD-9
The following crosswalk between ICD-10 to ICD-9 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
Information for Patients
Stillbirth
If a woman loses a pregnancy after she's past her 20th week, it's called a stillbirth. Stillbirths are due to natural causes. They can happen before delivery or during delivery. Causes include:
- Problems with the placenta, the organ that transports oxygen and nutrients to the fetus
- Genetic problems with the fetus
- Fetal infections
- Other physical problems in the fetus
In at least half of all cases, it is not possible to tell why the baby died.
If stillbirth happens before delivery, your health care provider may induce labor or perform a Cesarean section to deliver the fetus. In some cases, you can wait until you go into labor yourself. This usually happens within two weeks of stillbirth.
Counseling may help you cope with your grief. Later, if you do decide to try again, work closely with your health care provider to lower the risks. Many women who have a stillbirth go on to have healthy babies.
NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- When your baby is stillborn (Medical Encyclopedia)
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ICD-10 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
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- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
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