Chapter XV · O00-O99

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

76 categories and 501 codes in 8 blocks, from the Master Industry Table 2021. Open a category for its codes and their markers.

O00-O08Pregnancy with abortive outcome

Block 156 · 9 categories

Category	Title	Codes	Valid for use
O00	Ectopic pregnancy	6	5
O01	Hydatidiform mole	4	3
O02	Other abnormal products of conception	5	4
O03	Spontaneous abortion	11	10
O04	Medical abortion	11	10
O05	Other abortion	11	10
O06	Unspecified abortion	11	10
O07	Failed attempted abortion	11	10
O08	Complications following abortion and ectopic and molar pregnancy	11	10

O10-O16Oedema, proteinuria and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Block 157 · 7 categories

Category	Title	Codes	Valid for use
O10	Pre-existing hypertension complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium	7	6
O11	Pre-eclampsia superimposed on chronic hypertension	1	1
O12	Gestational [pregnancy-induced] oedema and proteinuria without hypertension	4	3
O13	Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension	1	1
O14	Pre-eclampsia	5	4
O15	Eclampsia	5	4
O16	Unspecified maternal hypertension	1	1

O20-O29Other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy

Block 158 · 9 categories

Category	Title	Codes	Valid for use
O20	Haemorrhage in early pregnancy	4	3
O21	Excessive vomiting in pregnancy	6	5
O22	Venous complications and haemorrhoids in pregnancy	9	8
O23	Infections of genitourinary tract in pregnancy	8	7
O24	Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy	7	6
O25	Malnutrition in pregnancy	1	1
O26	Maternal care for other conditions predominantly related to pregnancy	11	10
O28	Abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother	9	8
O29	Complications of anaesthesia during pregnancy	10	9

O30-O48Maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems

Block 159 · 16 categories

Category	Title	Codes	Valid for use
O30	Multiple gestation	6	5
O31	Complications specific to multiple gestation	5	4
O32	Maternal care for known or suspected malpresentation of fetus	10	9
O33	Maternal care for known or suspected disproportion	11	10
O34	Maternal care for known or suspected abnormality of pelvic organs	11	10
O35	Maternal care for known or suspected fetal abnormality and damage	11	10
O36	Maternal care for other known or suspected fetal problems	11	10
O40	Polyhydramnios	1	1
O41	Other disorders of amniotic fluid and membranes	5	4
O42	Premature rupture of membranes	5	4
O43	Placental disorders	6	5
O44	Placenta praevia	3	2
O45	Premature separation of placenta [abruptio placentae]	4	3
O46	Antepartum haemorrhage, not elsewhere classified	4	3
O47	False labour	4	3
O48	Prolonged pregnancy	1	1

O60-O75Complications of labour and delivery

Block 160 · 16 categories

Category	Title	Codes	Valid for use
O60	Preterm labour and delivery	5	4
O61	Failed induction of labour	5	4
O62	Abnormalities of forces of labour	8	7
O63	Long labour	5	4
O64	Obstructed labour due to malposition and malpresentation of fetus	9	8
O65	Obstructed labour due to maternal pelvic abnormality	9	8
O66	Other obstructed labour	9	8
O67	Labour and delivery complicated by intrapartum haemorrhage, not elsewhere classified	4	3
O68	Labour and delivery complicated by fetal stress [distress]	7	6
O69	Labour and delivery complicated by umbilical cord complications	9	8
O70	Perineal laceration during delivery	6	5
O71	Other obstetric trauma	11	10
O72	Postpartum haemorrhage	5	4
O73	Retained placenta and membranes, without haemorrhage	3	2
O74	Complications of anaesthesia during labour and delivery	11	10
O75	Other complications of labour and delivery, not elsewhere classified	11	10

O80-O84Delivery

Block 161 · 5 categories

Category	Title	Codes	Valid for use
O80	Single spontaneous delivery	5	4
O81	Single delivery by forceps and vacuum extractor	7	6
O82	Single delivery by caesarean section	6	5
O83	Other assisted single delivery	8	7
O84	Multiple delivery	6	5

O85-O92Complications predominantly related to the puerperium

Block 162 · 8 categories

Category	Title	Codes	Valid for use
O85	Puerperal sepsis	1	1
O86	Other puerperal infections	7	6
O87	Venous complications and haemorrhoids in the puerperium	7	6
O88	Obstetric embolism	6	5
O89	Complications of anaesthesia during the puerperium	10	9
O90	Complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classified	9	8
O91	Infections of breast associated with childbirth	4	3
O92	Other disorders of breast and lactation associated with childbirth	9	8

O94-O99Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified

Block 163 · 6 categories

Category	Title	Codes	Valid for use
O94	Sequelae of complication of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium	1	1
O95	Obstetric death of unspecified cause	1	1
O96	Death from any obstetric cause occurring more than 42 days but less than one year after delivery	4	3
O97	Death from sequelae of obstetric causes	4	3
O98	Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium	11	10
O99	Other maternal diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium	10	9

Source and terms

Reproduced from the national table, unaltered.

The Department publishes the table for the industry to load. The ICD-10 Master Industry Table page

Codes and descriptions: ICD-10 Master Industry Table (MIT) 2021, published 16 March 2021 by the National Department of Health, Republic of South Africa. ® National Department of Health: all rights reserved. Reproduced for reference without alteration.

ICD-10 is the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, © World Health Organization. The WHO ICD-10 descriptions appear as published in the MIT.

Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) and Chronic Disease List (CDL) markers: Council for Medical Schemes, PMB Coded List, as read by GreenNotes. Benefit decisions rest with each medical scheme.

Source file: ICD-10_MIT_2021_Excel_16-March_2021.xlsx. Found an error in a code or description? Write to help@greennotes.co.za.

This lookup is a reference to the published code table, not coding advice. Code assignment is the treating practitioner’s responsibility, following the South African ICD-10 Coding Standards and Guidelines and the WHO ICD-10 volumes. GreenNotes does not warrant that the table is complete or current.

This is the South African table. Most ICD-10 results online are the United States’ ICD-10-CM, a different code set that South African medical schemes do not accept. Regulation 5 of the General Regulations under the Medical Schemes Act requires the diagnostic code on every account, and the Master Industry Table is the list it is coded from.

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