O90.8Other complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classified

O90.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classified. It belongs to category O90 (complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classified), block O85-O92 (complications predominantly related to the puerperium) and chapter 15 (pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within O90, choose O90.8 (Other complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classified) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: disruption of cesarean delivery wound (O90.0), disruption of perineal obstetric wound (O90.1), hematoma of obstetric wound (O90.2), Peripartum cardiomyopathy (O90.3), postpartum acute kidney failure (O90.4), postpartum thyroiditis (O90.5), postpartum mood disturbance (O90.6) and complication of the puerperium, unspecified (O90.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: O90.81 (puerperium) and O90.89 (classified).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.