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O30.80 ICD-10-CM Code: Other specified multiple gestation, unspecified number of placenta and unspecified number of amniotic sacs

Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
1 code-also instruction

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for O30.80 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Notes without a marker are published on O30.80 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Code Also

Additional codes that may be required to fully describe the encounter.

  • any complications specific to multiple gestation

Source: inherited from O30

Coder workflow for O30.80

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

Before you code O30.80

  1. O30.80 is not reportable as written. Select the more specific code beneath it that the documentation supports. Codes are reported to the highest level of specificity the classification provides (Guidelines I.B.2).

    ReviewO30.801, O30.802, O30.803, O30.809

    See the relationships section · Guide: How to choose an ICD-10-CM code →

  2. Unspecified does not mean incorrect. When the record gives no greater specificity, O30.80 may be the appropriate code. Check the record for detail that supports a more specific sibling — in this subcategory the siblings differ by the presence or absence of the associated condition. An unspecified code is for records that do not provide the detail a more specific code needs; a query, not an assumption, is the route to specificity (Guidelines I.A.9.b, I.B.18).

    ReviewO30.81, O30.82, O30.83

    See the relationships section · Guide: Other vs unspecified (NEC vs NOS) →

  3. 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 →

Choose the right path

  1. Does the documentation support one of the more specific codes beneath O30.80?
    Yes → Select that code and continue the checks below on its own page.
    No → O30.80 cannot be reported as written; query for the specificity its subcategory needs.

    ReviewO30.801, O30.802, O30.803, O30.809

  2. Does the record document the detail a more specific sibling code needs?
    Yes → Review the specific siblings in this subcategory.
    No → Continue — O30.80 is appropriate when the documentation goes no further.

    ReviewO30.81, O30.82, O30.83

Consider O30.80. Then review the Code Also note, and 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).
The associated condition or complication
Whether the associated condition the title names is documented; the “with” convention presumes some links, and a provider statement that the conditions are unrelated defeats it (Guidelines I.A.15).
Any detail beyond this code’s title
What the record states that a more specific sibling code would capture — or its absence, which itself supports the unspecified code.

Official instructions as workflow

  • Code Also — related condition(1 note)

    Coding workflow: Review the related condition when both are documented and the instruction applies. A Code Also note does not fix sequencing; the order follows the circumstances of the encounter.

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.17

Coding decision scenarios

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

Documentation: The provider documents the condition in the terms of this code’s title and records no further detail.

Coding question: Is a more specific sibling code supportable?

Path: Review the specific siblings in this subcategory and what each requires the record to state.

Reason: A more specific code needs documentation of the distinguishing element; without it the unspecified code is appropriate, and a provider query is the route to specificity (Guidelines I.A.9.b, I.B.18).

ReviewO30.81, O30.82, O30.83

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.

Code Overview

Other specified multiple gestation, unspecified number of placenta and unspecified number of amniotic sacs is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (O30.80). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

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

Verify Before Coding

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 O30.80 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 10 Excludes2 notes: O20 — Hemorrhage in early pregnancy (via O30.-), O20-O29 — Other maternal disorders predominantly related to pregnancy (O20-O29) (via O30.-), O21 — Excessive vomiting in pregnancy (via O30.-), O22 — Venous complications and hemorrhoids in pregnancy (via O30.-), O23 — Infections of genitourinary tract in pregnancy (via O30.-), O24 — Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (via O30.-), O25 — Malnutrition in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (via O30.-), O26 — Maternal care for other conditions predominantly related to pregnancy (via O30.-), O28 — Abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mother (via O30.-), O29 — Complications of anesthesia during pregnancy (via O30.-).

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

Contextual Map

Every relationship of O30.80 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 O30.80 with these 8 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes2 notes (10)

Nearest codes (40)

Change history

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

Common coding questions

Can O30.80 be billed directly?

No. O30.80 (Other specified multiple gestation, unspecified number of placenta and unspecified number of amniotic sacs) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026) 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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Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Other specified multiple gestation, unspecified number of placenta and unspecified number of amniotic sacs

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026), 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 O30.80 in its code family, with their registry titles.

View all codes in the O30 family