Effective from
- Inherited rules changed
Unspecified maternal hypertension, complicating the puerperium
Billable diagnosis code
CDC/NCHS · FY2024code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
Coverage depends on the payer, service and applicable policy. A billable code does not guarantee payment.
For US diagnosis claims covered by HIPAA, ICD-10-CM is required from October 1, 2015.
Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.
Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗Grouping depends on the complete encounter and CMS grouper logic.
2026-04-01 – 2026-09-30
CMS · MS-DRG 43.1First observed · 2016-10-01
Latest recorded change · FY2024
Effective from
Unspecified maternal hypertension, complicating the puerperium
Billable diagnosis code
CDC/NCHS · FY2024| All editions | Effective from | Code history |
|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 2016-10-01 | Added |
| FY2018 | 2017-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2019 | 2018-10-01 | Inherited rules changed |
| FY2020 | 2019-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 · April | 2020-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 | 2020-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 · 01-01 | 2021-01-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 | 2021-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 · 04-01 | 2022-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 | 2022-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 · 04-01 | 2023-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 | 2023-10-01 | Inherited rules changed |
| FY2024 · 04-01 | 2024-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 | 2024-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 · 04-01 | 2025-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 | 2025-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 · April | 2026-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2027 | 2026-10-01 | No tabular change |
Historical mapping only; not an automatic code substitution.
The official Tabular List has no additional instructions at this code level.
Review the instructions inherited from its parent categories below. Inherited instructions ↓
supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
Historical assignments from the CDC conversion table support data retrieval. They do not authorize substituting a previous code for the current code.
Previous assignment: O16.9
Other entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| O16.1 | Unspecified maternal hypertension, first trimester | Billable / specific |
| O16.2 | Unspecified maternal hypertension, second trimester | Billable / specific |
| O16.3 | Unspecified maternal hypertension, third trimester | Billable / specific |
| O16.4 | Unspecified maternal hypertension, complicating childbirth | Billable / specific |
| O16.9 | Unspecified maternal hypertension, unspecified trimester | Billable / specific |
Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗