O36.4
Billable codeMaternal care for intrauterine death
The ICD-10 code for maternal care for intrauterine death is O36.4.
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 intrauterine fetal death NOS
- Maternal care for intrauterine fetal death after completion of 20 weeks of gestation
- Maternal care for late fetal death
- Maternal care for missed delivery
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
- O36.0Maternal care for rhesus isoimmunizationnon-billable header
- O36.1Maternal care for other isoimmunizationnon-billable header
- O36.2Maternal care for hydrops fetalisnon-billable header
- O36.5Maternal care for known or suspected poor fetal growthnon-billable header
- O36.6Maternal care for excessive fetal growthnon-billable header
- O36.7Maternal care for viable fetus in abdominal pregnancynon-billable header
- O36.8Maternal care for other specified fetal problemsnon-billable header
- O36.9Maternal care for fetal problem, unspecifiednon-billable header
- O36.4Maternal care for intrauterine death