2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O92.6

Galactorrhea

ICD-10-CM Code:
O92.6
ICD-10 Code for:
Galactorrhea
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
Not chronic
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Code Classification

  • Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
    (O00-O9A)
    • Complications predominantly related to the puerperium
      (O85-O92)
      • Other disorders of breast and disorders of lactation associated with pregnancy and the puerperium
        (O92)

O92.6 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of galactorrhea. 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 O92.6 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.

Approximate Synonyms

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

  • Chronic disease of breast
  • Disorder of breast during pregnancy, childbirth and/or puerperium
  • Disorder of breast during pregnancy, childbirth and/or puerperium
  • Disorder of breast during pregnancy, childbirth and/or puerperium
  • Disorder of breast during pregnancy, childbirth and/or puerperium
  • Galactorrhea associated with childbirth
  • Galactorrhea associated with childbirth
  • Galactorrhea in pregnancy
  • Galactorrhea in pregnancy
  • Galactorrhea in pregnancy
  • Galactorrhea in pregnancy and the puerperium
  • Galactorrhea in pregnancy and the puerperium with antenatal complication
  • Galactorrhea in pregnancy and the puerperium with postnatal complication
  • Increased lactation
  • Increased lactation
  • Increased lactation
  • Increased lactation
  • Increased lactation
  • Increased lactation
  • Polygalactia
  • Postpartum amenorrhea-galactorrhea syndrome

Clinical Classification

Clinical Information

  • Galactorrhea

    excessive or inappropriate lactation in females or males, and not necessarily related to pregnancy. galactorrhea can occur either unilaterally or bilaterally, and be profuse or sparse. its most common cause is hyperprolactinemia.

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 O92.6 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: 676.62 - Galactorrhea-del w p/p
    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.
  • ICD-9-CM Code: 676.64 - Galactorrhea-postpartum
    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.

Patient Education


Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding offers many benefits to your baby. Breast milk contains the right balance of nutrients to help your infant grow into a strong and healthy toddler. Some of the nutrients in breast milk also help protect your infant against some common childhood illnesses and infections. It may also help your health. Certain types of cancer may occur less often in mothers who have breastfed their babies.

Women who don't have health problems should try to give their babies breast milk for at least the first six months of life. Most women with health problems can breastfeed. There are rare exceptions when women are advised not to breastfeed because they have certain illnesses. Some medicines, illegal drugs, and alcohol can also pass through the breast milk and cause harm to your baby. Check with your health care provider if you have concerns about whether you should breastfeed.

If you are having problems with breastfeeding, contact a lactation consultant.

NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development


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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.

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.