O26.85
Header — not billableSpotting complicating pregnancy
The ICD-10 code for spotting complicating pregnancy is O26.85.
O26.85 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
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.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- O26.81Pregnancy related exhaustion and fatiguenon-billable header
- O26.82Pregnancy related peripheral neuritisnon-billable header
- O26.83Pregnancy related renal diseasenon-billable header
- O26.84Uterine size-date discrepancy complicating pregnancynon-billable header
- O26.86Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP)
- O26.87Cervical shorteningnon-billable header
- O26.89Other specified pregnancy related conditionsnon-billable header
- O26.85Spotting complicating pregnancynon-billable header