O34.22
Maternal care for cesarean scar defect (isthmocele)
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 5 never code together
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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 10
O34code
Includes
- the listed conditions as a reason for hospitalization or other obstetric care of the mother, or for cesarean delivery before onset of labor
Code first
- any associated obstructed labor (O65.5)O65.5
Use additional code
- code for specific condition
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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 4
- Delivery (childbirth) (labor)
- Cesarean delivery, previous, affecting management of pregnancy O34.219
- Pregnancy (single) (uterine) Z33.1
- complicated by (care of) (management affected by)
- cesarean scar defect (isthmocele) O34.22
- complicated by (care of) (management affected by)
- Scar, scarring L90.5
- defect (isthmocele) O34.22
Alongside this code 2 same parent — O34.2
Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required
Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.