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O08.2 ICD-10-CM Code: Embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
9 inclusion terms · 1 Excludes1

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 769 — POSTPARTUM AND POST ABORTION DIAGNOSES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES (MDC 14)
  • MS-DRG 776 — POSTPARTUM AND POST ABORTION DIAGNOSES WITHOUT O.R. PROCEDURES (MDC 14)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for O08.2 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2027Effective: October 1, 2026

Trace:FY2027 changesChange historyRelease, file and checksum

Notes without a marker are published on O08.2 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Air embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy
  • Amniotic fluid embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy
  • Blood-clot embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy
  • Embolism NOS following ectopic and molar pregnancy
  • Fat embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy
  • Pulmonary embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy
  • Pyemic embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy
  • Septic or septicopyemic embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy
  • Soap embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Source: inherited from O00-O08

Coder workflow for O08.2

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code O08.2

  1. Confirm the condition is documented as complicating the pregnancy, childbirth, or the puerperium, and check the trimester where the code carries one and the fetus character where the category requires it. Chapter 15 codes belong on the maternal record only and take sequencing priority over codes from other chapters. It is the provider’s responsibility to state that a condition is not affecting the pregnancy; the trimester is assigned from the documentation (Guidelines I.C.15.a, I.C.15.a.1, I.C.15.a.3).

    Guide: How to choose an ICD-10-CM code →

  2. Check the Excludes1 note: if the documentation supports a condition named there, do not simply proceed with O08.2. Excludes1 conditions are not reported together with this code unless the record shows they are unrelated (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

    See the official tabular notes

Choose the right path

  1. Does the documentation support a condition named in O08.2’s Excludes1 note?
    Yes → Do not simply proceed: review the excluded code. Both are reported only when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated.
    No → Continue.

    ReviewO31.1, O31.3

Consider O08.2. Then confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
Trimester
Assigned from the documented trimester at the encounter, or the trimester in which the condition developed for inpatient stays (Guidelines I.C.15.a.3).

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes1 — check before selecting O08.2(1 note)

    Coding workflow: If the documentation supports a condition named in this note, do not simply proceed with O08.2: the two are not reported together. The one exception is when the record shows the two conditions are unrelated to each other.

    CompareO31.1, O31.3

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.a

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: Both the condition O08.2 describes and a condition named in its Excludes1 note are documented for the same encounter.

Coding question: Can both codes be reported?

Path: Review the Excludes1 note and the excluded code, and look for a provider statement on whether the two conditions are related.

Reason: Excludes1 means the two are not coded together; the exception is when the record shows the conditions are unrelated to each other (Guidelines I.A.12.a).

ReviewO31.1, O31.3

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Don’t confuse O08.2 with…

MedCoder analysis — pairs from this code’s official notes, distinctions written by MedCoder

The codes most likely to be picked instead of O08.2 — named in its own official notes, or sharing its laterality or encounter family — with what separates them and which documentation moves the case. Each links to the full comparison.

  • O31.1— Excludes1 conflict (Excludes1 — generally not reported together)

    Not coded here — the tabular list excludes this pair for the same encounter.

    Not reported together with this code, except where the two conditions are documented as unrelated.

    What moves you there: Documentation of continuing pregnancy in multiple gestation after abortion of one fetus or more moves the case to O31.1; the two are not reported together unless documented as unrelated.

    Full comparison: O08.2 vs O31.1 →

  • O31.3— Excludes1 conflict (Excludes1 — generally not reported together)

    Not coded here — the tabular list excludes this pair for the same encounter.

    Not reported together with this code, except where the two conditions are documented as unrelated.

    What moves you there: Documentation of continuing pregnancy in multiple gestation after abortion of one fetus or more moves the case to O31.3; the two are not reported together unless documented as unrelated.

    Full comparison: O08.2 vs O31.3 →

  • O08.9— Specificity relationship (Review)

    Overlapping diagnoses in the same category.

    Overlapping codes in the same category — the documentation decides which is the more specific fit.

    What moves you there: A record that documents no more than “Unspecified complication following an ectopic and molar pregnancy” takes O08.9; specificity in the record moves it back here.

    Full comparison: O08.2 vs O08.9 →

Relationships are read from this code's own official notes, its laterality siblings and its encounter family; the wording of each distinction is MedCoder editorial, and the documentation named in each “what moves you there” line is the official note phrase or sibling title itself. Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a.

Code Overview

Embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (O08.2).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Indexed Clinical Terms (18)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Official Coding Guidelines

Official source data — quoted verbatim from the CMS/NCHS Official Guidelines

Official source data — quoted verbatim from the CMS/NCHS Official Guidelines

Verbatim excerpts from the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (CMS/NCHS) that govern this code.

Chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium (O00-O9A)

3) Complications leading to abortion Codes from Chapter 15 may be used as additional codes to identify any documented complications of the pregnancy in conjunction with codes in categories in O04, O07 and O08.

Chapter 21: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99)

Codes in category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, may be assigned to provide additional information about the pregnancy. Category Z3A codes should not be assigned for pregnancies with abortive outcomes (categories O00- O08), elective termination of pregnancy (code Z33.2), nor for postpartum conditions, as category Z3A is not applicable to these conditions. The date of the admission should be used to determine weeks of gestation for inpatient admissions that encompass more than one gestational week.

Verify Before Coding

  • Age-restricted: the Medicare Code Editor lists this as a maternity (age 9-64) diagnosis; other ages are presumed incorrect.
  • MCC as a secondary diagnosis (FY2027). Can raise the stay's MS-DRG severity tier.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name O08.2 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 6 Excludes1 notes across 2 chapters: O08.82 — Sepsis following ectopic and molar pregnancy, O20 — Hemorrhage in early pregnancy (via O08.-), O88 — Obstetric embolism, T79.0 — Air embolism (traumatic), T79.1 — Fat embolism (traumatic), T81.7 — Vascular complications following a procedure, not elsewhere classified.

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

Referenced by 1 Excludes2 note: I26 — Pulmonary embolism.

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

Referenced by 1 Code First instruction: I74 — Arterial embolism and thrombosis.

Each of these codes carries a Code First note naming this condition — when that code is reported, THIS code is sequenced first, ahead of it.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2027)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2027 MS-DRG: MCC — Major Complication or Comorbidity. Reported as a secondary diagnosis, this code raises the stay's MS-DRG severity tier — except when the principal diagnosis is one of 265 clinically related codes on its CMS exclusion list.

Named in the grouper logic of 2 MS-DRGs: DRG 769 (MDC 14), DRG 776 (MDC 14).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):PRG007 — Complications following ectopic and/or molar pregnancy (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical process (MS-DRG)

Acts as MCC — raises the severity of other admissions. CMS groups these diagnoses into one MS-DRG principal-diagnosis exclusion process — a CC/MCC on this list never raises severity when the principal diagnosis is also on it.

O08.3 — Shock following ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.4 — Renal failure following ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.5 — Metabolic disorders following an ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.6 — Damage to pelvic organs and tissues following an ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.7 — Other venous complications following an ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.81 — Cardiac arrest following an ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.83 — Urinary tract infection following an ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.89 — Other complications following an ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.9 — Unspecified complication following an ectopic and molar pregnancy, O11.4 — Pre-existing hypertension with pre-eclampsia, complicating childbirth, O11.5 — Pre-existing hypertension with pre-eclampsia, complicating the puerperium, O12.04 — Gestational edema, complicating childbirth, O12.05 — Gestational edema, complicating the puerperium, O12.14 — Gestational proteinuria, complicating childbirth, O12.15 — Gestational proteinuria, complicating the puerperium, O12.24 — Gestational edema with proteinuria, complicating childbirth, O12.25 — Gestational edema with proteinuria, complicating the puerperium, O13.4 — Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, complicating childbirth, O13.5 — Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, complicating the puerperium, O14.04 — Mild to moderate pre-eclampsia, complicating childbirth, +244 more

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Complications following ectopic and/or molar pregnancy).

O08.0 — Genital tract and pelvic infection following ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.1 — Delayed or excessive hemorrhage following ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.3 — Shock following ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.4 — Renal failure following ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.5 — Metabolic disorders following an ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.6 — Damage to pelvic organs and tissues following an ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.7 — Other venous complications following an ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.81 — Cardiac arrest following an ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.82 — Sepsis following ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.83 — Urinary tract infection following an ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.89 — Other complications following an ectopic and molar pregnancy, O08.9 — Unspecified complication following an ectopic and molar pregnancy

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main terms “Embolism”, “Air”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

I82.B2 — Chronic embolism and thrombosis of subclavian vein (vein, subclavian, chronic), I82.C1 — Acute embolism and thrombosis of internal jugular vein (vein, internal jugular), I82.C2 — Chronic embolism and thrombosis of internal jugular vein (vein, internal jugular, chronic), J13 — Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae (pyemic, pneumococcal, with pneumonia), J67.7 — Air conditioner and humidifier lung (conditioner lung or pneumonitis), J98.2 — Interstitial emphysema (anterior mediastinum), K55.039 — Acute (reversible) ischemia of large intestine, extent unspecified (intestine), K55.059 — Acute (reversible) ischemia of intestine, part and extent unspecified (mesenteric), N28.0 — Ischemia and infarction of kidney (renal), N48.81 — Thrombosis of superficial vein of penis (penis), O88.01 — Obstetric air embolism in pregnancy (obstetric, pregnancy, air), O88.02 — Air embolism in childbirth (obstetric, childbirth, air), O88.03 — Air embolism in the puerperium (obstetric, puerperal, air), O88.11 — Amniotic fluid embolism in pregnancy (obstetric, pregnancy, amniotic fluid), O88.12 — Amniotic fluid embolism in childbirth (obstetric, childbirth, amniotic fluid), O88.13 — Amniotic fluid embolism in the puerperium (obstetric, puerperal, amniotic fluid), O88.21 — Thromboembolism in pregnancy (obstetric, pregnancy), O88.22 — Thromboembolism in childbirth (obstetric, childbirth), O88.23 — Thromboembolism in the puerperium (obstetric, puerperal), O88.31 — Pyemic and septic embolism in pregnancy (obstetric, pregnancy, pyemic), +109 more

Lab tests where this diagnosis supports Medicare coverage (NCD)

Medicare's National Coverage Determination (NCD) program lists this diagnosis as medical justification for these lab tests.

Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT) Test, Prothrombin Time Test and INR (PT/INR)

Contextual Map

Every relationship of O08.2 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Run O08.2 with these 8 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

  • I26 — Pulmonary embolism[Excludes2]: “pulmonary embolism complicating abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2027

Referenced by Code First instructions

  • I74 — Arterial embolism and thrombosis[Code First]: “embolism and thrombosis complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2027

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • MDC 14 — Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium[MDC crossing]: “Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 94 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2027

Index entries (18)

  • Air, embolism (artery) (cerebral) (any site), following, ectopic or molar pregnancy[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Air, embolism (artery) (cerebral) (any site), with ectopic or molar pregnancy[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Complication (s) (from) (of), ectopic pregnancy, embolism[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Complication (s) (from) (of), molar pregnancy NOS, embolism[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Embolism (multiple) (paradoxical), air (any site) (traumatic), following, ectopic pregnancy[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Embolism (multiple) (paradoxical), air (any site) (traumatic), following, molar pregnancy[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Embolism (multiple) (paradoxical), amniotic fluid (pulmonary), following, ectopic pregnancy[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Embolism (multiple) (paradoxical), amniotic fluid (pulmonary), following, molar pregnancy[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • and 10 more

Nearest codes (14)

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Sources for this page

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Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2027 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2026 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Coding guidelines Official source data
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting (FY2027), quoted by section Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v44.0 (October 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v44 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

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MedCoder.ai. "O08.2 — Embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy." ICD-10-CM FY2027. https://medcoder.ai/icd10/code/o08.2-embolism-following-ectopic-and-molar-pregnancy

Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Embolism following ectopic and molar pregnancy

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027, and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to O08.2 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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