Wiki Postpartum pre-eclampsia

[tbwillard]

10 days postpartum admitted for pre-eclampsia. ICD-10 O14.05 is code for this but I had someone tell I should put weeks gestation (Z3A) for that code even though she is postpartum. Make no sense to me. Can someone please advise.

Thanks

 

[areeder]

O14.05 is the code for mild to moderate pre-eclampsia, complicating puerperium, you would not need to add the Z3A code along with this where the pt has already delivered and is not longer considered being in the gestation period.