Version 2024

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O26.6

Liver and biliary tract disorders in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

ICD-10-CM Code:
O26.6
ICD-10 Code for:
Liver & biliary trac disord in preg, chldbrth and the puerp
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
    (O00-O9A)
    • Other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy
      (O20-O29)
      • Maternal care for other conditions predominantly related to pregnancy
        (O26)

O26.6 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of liver and biliary tract disorders in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Liver & biliary trac disord in preg, chldbrth and the puerp

Non-specific codes like O26.6 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for liver & biliary trac disord in preg, chldbrth and the puerp:

  • O26.61 for Liver and biliary tract disorders in pregnancy - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O26.611 for Liver and biliary tract disorders in pregnancy, first trimester - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O26.612 for Liver and biliary tract disorders in pregnancy, second trimester - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O26.613 for Liver and biliary tract disorders in pregnancy, third trimester - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O26.619 for Liver and biliary tract disorders in pregnancy, unspecified trimester - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O26.62 for Liver and biliary tract disorders in childbirth - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O26.63 for Liver and biliary tract disorders in the puerperium - BILLABLE CODE

  • O26.64 for Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O26.641 for Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, first trimester - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O26.642 for Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, second trimester - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O26.643 for Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, third trimester - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O26.649 for Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, unspecified trimester - BILLABLE CODE

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.


Use Additional Code

Use Additional Code
The “use additional code” indicates that a secondary code could be used to further specify the patient’s condition. This note is not mandatory and is only used if enough information is available to assign an additional code.
  • code to identify the specific disorder

Type 2 Excludes

Type 2 Excludes
A type 2 excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.
  • hepatorenal syndrome following labor and delivery O90.41

Patient Education


Liver Diseases

Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It helps your body digest food, store energy, and remove poisons.

There are many kinds of liver diseases:

  • Diseases caused by viruses, such as hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C
  • Diseases caused by drugs, poisons, or too much alcohol. Examples include fatty liver disease and cirrhosis.
  • Liver cancer
  • Inherited diseases, such as hemochromatosis and Wilson disease

Symptoms of liver disease can vary, but they often include swelling of the abdomen and legs, bruising easily, changes in the color of your stool and urine, and jaundice, or yellowing of the skin and eyes. Sometimes there are no symptoms. Tests such as imaging tests and liver function tests can check for liver damage and help to diagnose liver diseases.


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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.