O29.6
Header — not billableFailed or difficult intubation for anesthesia during pregnancy
The ICD-10 code for failed or difficult intubation for anesthesia during pregnancy is O29.6.
O29.6 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.
Child codes under O29.6
- O29.60Failed or difficult intubation for anesthesia during pregnancy, unspecified trimester
- O29.61Failed or difficult intubation for anesthesia during pregnancy, first trimester
- O29.62Failed or difficult intubation for anesthesia during pregnancy, second trimester
- O29.63Failed or difficult intubation for anesthesia during pregnancy, third trimester
Related codes in this category
- O29.0Pulmonary complications of anesthesia during pregnancynon-billable header
- O29.1Cardiac complications of anesthesia during pregnancynon-billable header
- O29.2Central nervous system complications of anesthesia during pregnancynon-billable header
- O29.3Toxic reaction to local anesthesia during pregnancynon-billable header
- O29.4Spinal and epidural anesthesia induced headache during pregnancynon-billable header
- O29.5Other complications of spinal and epidural anesthesia during pregnancynon-billable header
- O29.8Other complications of anesthesia during pregnancynon-billable header
- O29.9Unspecified complication of anesthesia during pregnancynon-billable header
- O29.6Failed or difficult intubation for anesthesia during pregnancynon-billable header