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Postpartum Depression

Published on Fri May 07, 2021

Question: So I see two postpartum depression ICD-10-CM codes: O90.6 and F53.0. What is the difference between these two codes? Also, how about CPT® codes: 96127 or 96161? Are they for postpartum depression? California Subscriber Answer: Code O90.6 is for “postpartum mood disturbance,” not postpartum depression. The World Health Organization classifies postpartum depression as one of three things: Postpartum blues, [...]
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