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Retained products of conception after an abortion
Official text from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The wording is quoted exactly.
Guidelines I.C.15.q.2
“This advice is appropriate even when the patient was discharged previously with a discharge diagnosis of complete abortion.”
“If the patient has a specific complication associated with the spontaneous abortion or elective termination of pregnancy in addition to retained products of conception, assign the appropriate complication code”
Where this applies
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