O32.1
Billable codeMaternal care for breech presentation
The ICD-10 code for maternal care for breech presentation is O32.1.
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).
Also known as
Alternate wording, synonyms, or specific conditions that fall under this code, listed to help confirm you've picked the right one.
- Maternal care for buttocks presentation
- Maternal care for complete breech
- Maternal care for frank breech
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •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
- O32.0Maternal care for unstable lie
- O32.2Maternal care for transverse and oblique lie
- O32.3Maternal care for face, brow and chin presentation
- O32.4Maternal care for high head at term
- O32.6Maternal care for compound presentation
- O32.8Maternal care for other malpresentation of fetus
- O32.9Maternal care for malpresentation of fetus, unspecified
- O32.1Maternal care for breech presentation