O99.32
Drug use complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 6 never code together
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Excludes2
- when the reason for maternal care is that the condition is known or suspected to have affected the fetus (O35-O36)O35-O36
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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
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Includes
- conditions which complicate the pregnant state, are aggravated by the pregnancy or are a main reason for obstetric care
Use additional code
- code to identify 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 1
Alongside this code 4 same parent — O99.3
O99.31 Alcohol use comp pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium category O99.33 Tobacco use disorder comp pregnancy, chldbrth, and the puerp category O99.34 Oth mental disorders comp pregnancy, chldbrth, and the puerp category O99.35 Dis of the nervous sys comp preg, chldbrth, and the puerp category
Subordinate codes 6
O99.320 Drug use complicating pregnancy, unspecified trimester O99.321 Drug use complicating pregnancy, first trimester O99.322 Drug use complicating pregnancy, second trimester O99.323 Drug use complicating pregnancy, third trimester O99.324 Drug use complicating childbirth O99.325 Drug use complicating the puerperium
Medications 4
1315 Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications drugs 2 Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury drugs 3319 Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions drugs 1 Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Chronic 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.
Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required
Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.