O98.1
Header — not billableSyphilis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
The ICD-10 code for syphilis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium is O98.1.
O98.1 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
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
- O98.0Tuberculosis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumnon-billable header
- O98.2Gonorrhea complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumnon-billable header
- O98.3Other infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumnon-billable header
- O98.4Viral hepatitis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumnon-billable header
- O98.5Other viral diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumnon-billable header
- O98.6Protozoal diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumnon-billable header
- O98.7Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumnon-billable header
- O98.8Other maternal infectious and parasitic diseases complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumnon-billable header
- O98.9Unspecified maternal infectious and parasitic disease complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumnon-billable header
- O98.1Syphilis complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumnon-billable header