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ICD-10/Z39.2

Z39.2 ICD-10-CM Code: Encounter for routine postpartum follow-up

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

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0 (FY2026), Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 951 — OTHER FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH STATUS (MDC 23)

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.

Code Set: Valid FY2026 and FY2027. FY2026 took effect October 1, 2025.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Encounter for routine postpartum follow-up is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (Z39.2).

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to Z39.2 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • Z39 — Encounter for maternal postpartum care and examination
  • Z39.0 — Encounter for care and examination of mother immediately after delivery
  • Z39.1 — Encounter for care and examination of lactating mother

View all codes in the Z39 family

Indexed Clinical Terms (8)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Admission (for), aftercare, postpartum, routine follow-up
  • Admission (for), examination at health care facility (adult), postpartum checkup
  • Admission (for), postpartum observation, routine follow-up
  • Care (of) (for) (following), postpartum, routine follow-up
  • Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine), follow-up (routine) (following), postpartum
  • Examination (for) (following) (general) (of) (routine), postpartum, routine follow-up
  • Observation (following) (for) (without need for further medical care), postpartum, routine follow-up
  • Status (post), postpartum (routine follow-up)