2021 ICD-10-CM Code O74.2
Cardiac complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery
Valid for Submission
O74.2 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of cardiac complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery. The code O74.2 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The ICD-10-CM code O74.2 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like cardiac arrest after obstetrical surgery and/or other procedure including delivery, cardiac arrest and/or failure following anesthesia and/or sedation in labor and/or delivery, cardiac complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery, complication of obstetrical surgery and/or procedure, obstetric anesthesia with cardiac complication in childbirth , obstetric anesthesia with cardiac complications, etc.
The code O74.2 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.
ICD-10: | O74.2 |
Short Description: | Cardiac comp of anesthesia during labor and delivery |
Long Description: | Cardiac complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery |
Code Classification
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 O74.2 are found in the index:
- - Arrest, arrested
- - cardiac - I46.9
- - complicating
- - anesthesia (general) (local) or other sedation - See: Table of Drugs and Chemicals, by drug,;
- - in labor and delivery - O74.2
- - anesthesia (general) (local) or other sedation - See: Table of Drugs and Chemicals, by drug,;
- - complicating
- - cardiac - I46.9
- - Complication (s) (from) (of)
- - anesthesia, anesthetic - See Also: Anesthesia, complication; - T88.59
- - cardiac
- - in
- - labor and delivery - O74.2
- - in
- - cardiac
- - sedation during labor and delivery - O74.9
- - cardiac - O74.2
- - anesthesia, anesthetic - See Also: Anesthesia, complication; - T88.59
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 - 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 .
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Cardiac arrest after obstetrical surgery AND/OR other procedure including delivery
- Cardiac arrest AND/OR failure following anesthesia AND/OR sedation in labor AND/OR delivery
- Cardiac complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery
- Complication of obstetrical surgery AND/OR procedure
- Obstetric anesthesia with cardiac complication in childbirth
- Obstetric anesthesia with cardiac complications
- Obstetric anesthesia with cardiac complications
- Obstetric anesthesia with cardiac complications with antenatal problem
- Obstetrical cardiac complication of anesthesia AND/OR sedation
Convert O74.2 to ICD-9 Code
The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code O74.2 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
Information for Patients
Anesthesia
If you are having surgery, your doctor will give you medicine called an anesthetic. Anesthetics reduce or prevent pain. There are three main types:
- Local - numbs one small area of the body. You stay awake and alert.
- Regional - blocks pain in an area of the body, such an arm or leg. A common type is epidural anesthesia, which is often used during childbirth.
- General - makes you unconscious. You do not feel any pain, and you do not remember the procedure afterwards.
You may also get a mild sedative to relax you. You stay awake but may not remember the procedure afterwards. Sedation can be used with or without anesthesia.
The type of anesthesia or sedation you get depends on many factors. They include the procedure you are having and your current health.
- Conscious sedation for surgical procedures (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Epidural block (Medical Encyclopedia)
- General anesthesia (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Spinal and epidural anesthesia (Medical Encyclopedia)
[Learn More]
Childbirth Problems
While childbirth usually goes well, complications can happen. They can cause a risk to the mother, baby, or both. Possible complications include
- Preterm (premature) labor, when labor starts before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy
- Problems with the umbilical cord
- Problems with the position of the baby, such as breech, in which the baby is going to come out feet first
- Birth injuries
For some of these problems, the baby may need to be delivered surgically by a Cesarean section.
- Assisted delivery with forceps (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Brachial plexus injury in newborns (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Breech birth (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Caput succedaneum (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Meconium aspiration syndrome (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Premature rupture of membranes (Medical Encyclopedia)
[Learn More]
Heart Diseases
Also called: Cardiac diseases
If you're like most people, you think that heart disease is a problem for others. But heart disease is the number one killer in the U.S. It is also a major cause of disability. There are many different forms of heart disease. The most common cause of heart disease is narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart itself. This is called coronary artery disease and happens slowly over time. It's the major reason people have heart attacks.
Other kinds of heart problems may happen to the valves in the heart, or the heart may not pump well and cause heart failure. Some people are born with heart disease.
You can help reduce your risk of heart disease by taking steps to control factors that put you at greater risk:
- Control your blood pressure
- Lower your cholesterol
- Don't smoke
- Get enough exercise
NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Aspirin and heart disease (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Being active when you have heart disease (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Electrocardiogram (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Exercise stress test (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Heart disease - risk factors (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Heart disease and depression (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Understanding cardiovascular disease (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Warning signs and symptoms of heart disease (Medical Encyclopedia)
[Learn More]
Code History
- 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 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)