Is O08.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. O08.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does O08.1 sit in the tabular list?

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00-O08).

What cannot be coded together with O08.1?

O08.1 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

O08.1

O08.1 — Delayed or excessive hemorrhage following ectopic and molar pregnancy

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O08.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for delayed or excessive hemorrhage following ectopic and molar pregnancy. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

delayed or excessive hemorrhage due to incomplete abortion (O03.1)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Afibrinogenemia following ectopic and molar pregnancy
Defibrination syndrome following ectopic and molar pregnancy
Hemolysis following ectopic and molar pregnancy
Intravascular coagulation following ectopic and molar pregnancy

Risk adjustment

O08.1 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

O08.1 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
A57189Billing and Coding: Serum Magnesium

How O08.1 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to O08.1.

Afibrinogenemia›following ectopic or molar pregnancy
Coagulation, intravascular›following ectopic or molar pregnancy
Defibrination›following ectopic or molar pregnancy
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›excessive, following ectopic gestation(subsequent episode)
Blood›dyscrasia›following ectopic or molar pregnancy
Complication›ectopic pregnancy›hemorrhage(delayed) (excessive)
Complication›molar pregnancy NOS›hemorrhage(delayed) (excessive)
Fibrinolysis›following›ectopic or molar pregnancy
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›delayed›following ectopic or molar pregnancy
Blood›dyscrasia›with›ectopic pregnancy
Blood›dyscrasia›with›molar pregnancy
Defect, defective›coagulation›with›ectopic pregnancy

Related codes at this level

Codes that share O08. If O08.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about O08.1

Is O08.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. O08.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does O08.1 sit in the tabular list?: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00-O08).
What cannot be coded together with O08.1?: O08.1 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.