O44.0Complete placenta previa NOS or without hemorrhage

O44.0 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for complete placenta previa NOS or without hemorrhage. It belongs to category O44 (placenta previa), block O30-O48 (maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems) and chapter 15 (pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within O44, choose O44.0 (Complete placenta previa NOS or without hemorrhage) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: complete placenta previa with hemorrhage (O44.1), partial placenta previa without hemorrhage (O44.2), partial placenta previa with hemorrhage (O44.3), low lying placenta NOS or without hemorrhage (O44.4) and low lying placenta with hemorrhage (O44.5).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: O44.00 (unspecified trimester), O44.01 (first trimester), O44.02 (second trimester) and O44.03 (third trimester).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015, and changed in FY2017 (title revised).