O99.5
Diseases of the respiratory system 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
O99code
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
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Alongside this code 8 same parent — O99
O99.0 Anemia complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium category O99.1 Other dis blood/immune compl preg/childbrth category O99.2 Endo, nutritional and metabolic diseases compl preg/chldbrth category O99.3 Mental disord and dis of the nervous sys compl preg/chldbrth category O99.4 Diseases of the circulatory system compl preg/chldbrth category O99.6 Diseases of the digestive system compl preg/chldbrth category O99.7 Diseases of the skin, subcu compl preg/chldbrth category O99.8 Oth diseases and conditions compl preg/chldbrth category
Subordinate codes 3
Medications 2
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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