O99.84
Bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
O99.84 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are O99.840 Bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, unspecified trimester; O99.841 Bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, first trimester; O99.842 Bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, second trimester; O99.843 Bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, third trimester and 2 more. Its coding notes include a Use additional code instruction, 1 Excludes1 entry and 11 Excludes2 entries.
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.
- code to identify condition
- code to identify specific condition
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.
- genitourinary infections in pregnancy (O23.-)
- infection of genitourinary tract following delivery (O86.1-O86.4)
- malignant neoplasm complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O9A.1-)
- maternal care for known or suspected abnormality of maternal pelvic organs (O34.-)
- postpartum acute kidney failure (O90.49)
- traumatic injuries in pregnancy (O9A.2-)
- when the reason for maternal care is that the condition is known or suspected to have affected the fetus (O35-O36)
Also from chapter/block level (4 notes)
Includes
Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.
- conditions which complicate the pregnant state, are aggravated by the pregnancy or are a main reason for obstetric care
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
- Gastric banding status complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- Gastric bypass status for obesity complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- Obesity surgery status complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
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
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 4 entries
- Pregnancy (single) (uterine), complicated by (care of) (management affected by), bariatric surgery status
- Pregnancy (single) (uterine), complicated by (care of) (management affected by), gastric banding status
- Pregnancy (single) (uterine), complicated by (care of) (management affected by), gastric bypass status
- Pregnancy (single) (uterine), complicated by (care of) (management affected by), obesity surgery status
More specific codes under O99.84 6
- O99.840Bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, unspecified trimesterBillable
- O99.841Bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, first trimesterBillable
- O99.842Bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, second trimesterBillable
- O99.843Bariatric surgery status complicating pregnancy, third trimesterBillable
- O99.844Bariatric surgery status complicating childbirthBillable
- O99.845Bariatric surgery status complicating the puerperiumBillable