O03.8
Other and unspecified complications following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
Not billable — category only 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
Instructional notes 9
O03code
Notes
- Incomplete abortion includes retained products of conception following spontaneous abortion
Includes
- miscarriage
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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
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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 O03.7 Embolism following complete or unsp spontaneous abortion O03.9 Complete or unsp spontaneous abortion without complication
Subordinate codes 10
O03.80 Unsp comp following complete or unsp spontaneous abortion O03.81 Shock following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion O03.82 Renal failure following complete or unsp spon abortion O03.83 Metabolic disorder following complete or unsp spon abortion O03.84 Damage to pelvic organs fol complete or unsp spon abortion O03.85 Oth venous comp following complete or unsp spon abortion O03.86 Cardiac arrest following complete or unsp spon abortion O03.87 Sepsis following complete or unsp spontaneous abortion O03.88 Urinary tract infection fol complete or unsp spon abortion O03.89 Complete or unsp spontaneous abortion with oth complications
Medications 2
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