O44.4Low lying placenta NOS or without hemorrhage

O44.4 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for low lying placenta 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 O44.4 (Low lying placenta NOS or without hemorrhage) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: complete placenta previa NOS or without hemorrhage (O44.0), complete placenta previa with hemorrhage (O44.1), partial placenta previa without hemorrhage (O44.2), partial placenta previa with hemorrhage (O44.3) and low lying placenta with hemorrhage (O44.5).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: O44.40 (unspecified trimester), O44.41 (first trimester), O44.42 (second trimester) and O44.43 (third trimester).

It was added in FY2017, effective October 1, 2016.