O14
Header — not billablePre-eclampsia
The ICD-10 code for pre-eclampsia is O14.
O14 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- pre-existing hypertension with pre-eclampsia (O11)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- O10Pre-existing hypertension complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumnon-billable header
- O11Pre-existing hypertension with pre-eclampsianon-billable header
- O12Gestational [pregnancy-induced] edema and proteinuria without hypertensionnon-billable header
- O13Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinurianon-billable header
- O15Eclampsianon-billable header
- O16Unspecified maternal hypertensionnon-billable header
- O14Pre-eclampsianon-billable header