O20
Header — not billableHemorrhage in early pregnancy
The ICD-10 code for hemorrhage in early pregnancy is O20.
O20 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
Includes
Terms listed here further define or give examples of the conditions grouped under this code — they describe what the code covers, not a separate diagnosis.
- hemorrhage before completion of 20 weeks gestation
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- O21Excessive vomiting in pregnancynon-billable header
- O22Venous complications and hemorrhoids in pregnancynon-billable header
- O23Infections of genitourinary tract in pregnancynon-billable header
- O24Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperiumnon-billable header
- O25Malnutrition in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumnon-billable header
- O26Maternal care for other conditions predominantly related to pregnancynon-billable header
- O28Abnormal findings on antenatal screening of mothernon-billable header
- O29Complications of anesthesia during pregnancynon-billable header
- O20Hemorrhage in early pregnancynon-billable header