O98.03 is the authoritative medical code for Tuberculosis complicating the puerperium. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for tuberculosis complicating the puerperium (ICD-10-CM O98.03), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Tuberculosis complicating the puerperium is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code O98.03. Includes: the listed conditions when complicating the pregnant state, when aggravated by the pregnancy, or as a reason for obstetric care. Excludes2 (not included here): herpes gestationis O26.4-; infectious carrier state (O99.82-, O99.83-); obstetrical tetanus A34; puerperal infection O86.-; puerperal sepsis O85; when the reason for maternal care is that the disease is known or suspected to have affected the fetus O35-O36. Use additional code: code (Chapter 1), to identify specific infectious or parasitic disease.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for O98.03 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Includes
Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.
- the listed conditions when complicating the pregnant state, when aggravated by the pregnancy, or as a reason for obstetric care
Excludes2 — Not Included Here
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
- herpes gestationis O26.4-
- infectious carrier state (O99.82-, O99.83-)
- obstetrical tetanus A34
- puerperal infection O86.-
- puerperal sepsis O85
- when the reason for maternal care is that the disease is known or suspected to have affected the fetus O35-O36
Use Additional Code
Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.
- code (Chapter 1), to identify specific infectious or parasitic disease
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
Can O98.03 be reported alongside related conditions?
Per Excludes2 instructions, O98.03 and the following may both be reported when both are present: herpes gestationis (O26.4-); infectious carrier state (O99.82-, O99.83-); obstetrical tetanus (A34); puerperal infection (O86.-).
Is an additional code needed with O98.03?
Use additional code(s) to specify: code (Chapter 1), to identify specific infectious or parasitic disease.
Codes in This Family (40)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as O98.03, with their registry titles.
- O98 — Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O98.0 — Tuberculosis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O98.01 — Tuberculosis complicating pregnancy
- O98.011 — Tuberculosis complicating pregnancy, first trimester
- O98.012 — Tuberculosis complicating pregnancy, second trimester
- O98.013 — Tuberculosis complicating pregnancy, third trimester
- O98.019 — Tuberculosis complicating pregnancy, unspecified trimester
- O98.02 — Tuberculosis complicating childbirth
- O98.1 — Syphilis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O98.11 — Syphilis complicating pregnancy
- O98.111 — Syphilis complicating pregnancy, first trimester
- O98.112 — Syphilis complicating pregnancy, second trimester
- O98.113 — Syphilis complicating pregnancy, third trimester
- O98.119 — Syphilis complicating pregnancy, unspecified trimester
- O98.12 — Syphilis complicating childbirth
- O98.13 — Syphilis complicating the puerperium
- O98.2 — Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O98.21 — Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy
- O98.211 — Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy, first trimester
- O98.212 — Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy, second trimester
- O98.213 — Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy, third trimester
- O98.219 — Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy, unspecified trimester
- O98.22 — Gonorrhea complicating childbirth
- O98.23 — Gonorrhea complicating the puerperium
- O98.3 — Other infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O98.31 — Other infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission complicating pregnancy
- O98.311 — Other infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission complicating pregnancy, first trimester
- O98.312 — Other infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission complicating pregnancy, second trimester
- O98.313 — Other infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission complicating pregnancy, third trimester
- O98.319 — Other infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission complicating pregnancy, unspecified trimester
- O98.32 — Other infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission complicating childbirth
- O98.33 — Other infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission complicating the puerperium
- O98.4 — Viral hepatitis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O98.41 — Viral hepatitis complicating pregnancy
- O98.411 — Viral hepatitis complicating pregnancy, first trimester
- O98.412 — Viral hepatitis complicating pregnancy, second trimester
- O98.413 — Viral hepatitis complicating pregnancy, third trimester
- O98.419 — Viral hepatitis complicating pregnancy, unspecified trimester
- O98.42 — Viral hepatitis complicating childbirth
- O98.43 — Viral hepatitis complicating the puerperium
Indexed Clinical Terms (1)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Puerperal, puerperium (complicated by, complications), infection, maternal, tuberculosis
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