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Category · FY2027

O89 Complications of anesthesia during the puerperium

  • Header · not billable

O89 is not billable. The category heads 10 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 9 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Mendelson's syndrome (due to anesthesia)postpartum, puerperal → O89.01
  • Puerperal, puerperium (complicated by, complications)anesthetic death → O89.8
  • Effect, adverseanesthesiapostpartum, puerperal → O89.9

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 15 Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  2. O85-O92 Complications predominantly related to the puerperium (O85-O92)
  3. O89 Complications of anesthesia during the puerperium
Billable codes
10
Subdivisions
9
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
23

Codes in O89

  1. O89.0
    Pulmonary complications of anesthesia during the puerperium
    Header
  2. O89.01
    Aspiration pneumonitis due to anesthesia during the puerperium
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Inhalation of stomach contents or secretions NOS due to anesthesia during the puerperium
    • Mendelson's syndrome due to anesthesia during the puerperium
  3. O89.09
    Other pulmonary complications of anesthesia during the puerperium
    Billable
  4. O89.1
    Cardiac complications of anesthesia during the puerperium
    Billable
  5. O89.2
    Central nervous system complications of anesthesia during the puerperium
    Billable
  6. O89.3
    Toxic reaction to local anesthesia during the puerperium
    Billable
  7. O89.4
    Spinal and epidural anesthesia-induced headache during the puerperium
    Billable
  8. O89.5
    Other complications of spinal and epidural anesthesia during the puerperium
    Billable
  9. O89.6
    Failed or difficult intubation for anesthesia during the puerperium
    Billable
  10. O89.8
    Other complications of anesthesia during the puerperium
    Billable
  11. O89.9
    Complication of anesthesia during the puerperium, unspecified
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At O89

Includes

  • maternal complications arising from the administration of a general, regional or local anesthetic, analgesic or other sedation during the puerperium

Use additional code

  • code, if applicable, to identify specific complication

Notes that also apply

Block O85-O92 instructions (Excludes2 3): printed on the block page.

Chapter 15 instructions (Notes 6, Excludes1 1, Excludes2 4, Use additional code 1): printed on the chapter 15 page.

Index entries

  • Mendelson's syndrome (due to anesthesia)postpartum, puerperal → O89.01
  • Puerperal, puerperium (complicated by, complications)anesthetic death → O89.8
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary)postanestheticpostpartum, puerperal → O89.01
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)anesthesia, anestheticbrain, postpartum, puerperal → O89.2
  • Reactiontoxic, to local anesthesiapostpartum, puerperal → O89.3
  • Headachespinal and epidural anesthesia - inducedpostpartum, puerperal → O89.4
  • Failure, failedintubation during anesthesiapostpartum, puerperal → O89.6
  • Effect, adverseanesthesiapostpartum, puerperal → O89.9
  • Inhalationstomach contents or secretionsdue to anesthesia (general) (local) or other sedationpostpartum, puerperal → O89.01
  • Collapselung (massive)pressure due to anesthesia (general) (local) or other sedationpostpartum, puerperal → O89.09
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)anesthesia, anestheticpulmonarypostpartum, puerperal → O89.09
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)anesthesia, anestheticcardiacpostpartum, puerperal → O89.1
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)anesthesia, anestheticcentral nervous systempostpartum, puerperal → O89.2
  • Effect, adverseanesthesialocal, toxicpostpartum, puerperal → O89.3
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)anesthesia, anestheticspinal and epiduralpostpartum, puerperal NEC → O89.5
  • Effect, adverseanesthesiaspecified NECpostpartum, puerperal → O89.8
  • Arrest, arrestedcardiaccomplicatinganesthesia (general) (local) or other sedationpostpartum, puerperal → O89.1
  • Failure, failedheart (acute) (senile) (sudden)complicatinganesthesia (general) (local) or other sedationpostpartum, puerperal → O89.1
  • Anoxia (pathological)cerebralcomplicatinganesthesia (general) (local) or other sedationpostpartum, puerperal → O89.2
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)anesthesia, anestheticspinal and epiduralpostpartum, puerperal NECheadache → O89.4
  • Effect, adverseanesthesiaspinal and epiduralheadachepostpartum, puerperal → O89.4
  • Effect, adverseanesthesiaspinal and epiduralspecified NECpostpartum, puerperal → O89.5
  • Pneumonitis (acute) (primary)aspirationdue toanesthesiaduringpuerperium → O89.01

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