O31.22
Continuing pregnancy after intrauterine death of one fetus or more, second trimester
O31.22 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for continuing pregnancy after intrauterine death of one fetus or more, second trimester. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. A 7th character is required to complete the code. Its coding notes include a Use additional code instruction, 1 Excludes1 entry and 7 Excludes2 entries.
7th character
Category O31 requires a 7th character. O31.22 has only 5 characters, so a placeholder X fills the 6th position.
Guidelines tip
From the FY2027 Official Guidelines. ICD10Ref adds no rules of its own.
The trimester character comes from the provider's documentation for the current encounter. The unspecified trimester code should rarely be used.
Use additional code
Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (4 notes)
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (6 notes)
- CODES FROM THIS CHAPTER ARE FOR USE ONLY ON MATERNAL RECORDS, NEVER ON NEWBORN RECORDS
- Codes from this chapter are for use for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth, or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)
- Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. They are defined as follows:
- 1st trimester- less than 14 weeks 0 days
- 2nd trimester- 14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
- 3rd trimester- 28 weeks 0 days until delivery
7th-character codes under O31.22 7
- O31.22X0Continuing pregnancy after intrauterine death of one fetus or more, second trimester, not applicable or unspecifiedBillable
- O31.22X1Continuing pregnancy after intrauterine death of one fetus or more, second trimester, fetus 1Billable
- O31.22X2Continuing pregnancy after intrauterine death of one fetus or more, second trimester, fetus 2Billable
- O31.22X3Continuing pregnancy after intrauterine death of one fetus or more, second trimester, fetus 3Billable
- O31.22X4Continuing pregnancy after intrauterine death of one fetus or more, second trimester, fetus 4Billable
- O31.22X5Continuing pregnancy after intrauterine death of one fetus or more, second trimester, fetus 5Billable
- O31.22X9Continuing pregnancy after intrauterine death of one fetus or more, second trimester, other fetusBillable