O03.7

Embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

This is the unspecified option. 9 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.

Exclusions 6 never code together

O00-O08block

Excludes1

continuing pregnancy in multiple gestation after abortion of one fetus or more (O31.1-, O31.3-)O31.1-O31.3-

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Excludes1

supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)Z34.-

Excludes2

mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)F53.-
obstetrical tetanus (A34)A34
postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)E23.0
puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)M83.0

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 18

O03code

Notes

Incomplete abortion includes retained products of conception following spontaneous abortion

Includes

miscarriage

O03.7code

Inclusion terms

Air embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
Amniotic fluid embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
Blood-clot embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
Embolism NOS following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
Fat embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
Pulmonary embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
Pyemic embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
Septic or septicopyemic embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
Soap embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion

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Notes

CODES FROM THIS CHAPTER ARE FOR USE ONLY ON MATERNAL RECORDS, NEVER ON NEWBORN RECORDS
Codes from this chapter are for use for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth, or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)
Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. They are defined as follows:
1st trimester- less than 14 weeks 0 days
2nd trimester- 14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
3rd trimester- 28 weeks 0 days until delivery

Use additional code

code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.Z3A

Index entries leading here 1

Abortion (complete) (spontaneous) O03.9
- complicated (by) (following) O03.80
  - embolism (air) (amniotic fluid) (blood clot) (fat) (pulmonary) (septic) (soap) O03.7
  - venous complication NEC O03.85
    - embolism (air) (amniotic fluid) (blood clot) (fat) (pulmonary) (septic) (soap) O03.7

Alongside this code 9 same parent — O03

O03.0 Genitl trct and pelvic infection fol incmpl spon abortion O03.1 Delayed or excessive hemor following incmpl spon abortion O03.2 Embolism following incomplete spontaneous abortion O03.3 Oth and unsp comp following incomplete spontaneous abortion category O03.4 Incomplete spontaneous abortion without complication O03.5 Genitl trct and pelvic infct fol complete or unsp spon abort O03.6 Delayed or excess hemor fol complete or unsp spon abortion O03.8 Oth and unsp comp following complete or unsp spon abortion category O03.9 Complete or unsp spontaneous abortion without complication

Medications 1

19 Abortion, Spontaneous drugs

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: O03
Block: O00-O08
Siblings: 9

Present FY2024–FY2027.