O34.22
Billable codeMaternal care for cesarean scar defect (isthmocele)
The ICD-10 code for maternal care for cesarean scar defect (isthmocele) is O34.22.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- O34.21Maternal care for scar from previous cesarean deliverynon-billable header
- O34.29Maternal care due to uterine scar from other previous surgery
- O34.22Maternal care for cesarean scar defect (isthmocele)
Associated MS-DRGs
O34.22 can serve as the principal diagnosis for these Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups.
Informational only — actual DRG assignment also depends on procedures, complications/comorbidities (CC/MCC), discharge status, and payer-specific rules not reflected here.
- DRG 760Menstrual and Other Female Reproductive System Disorders with CC/MCC
- DRG 761Menstrual and Other Female Reproductive System Disorders without CC/MCC
- DRG 817Other Antepartum Diagnoses with O.R. Procedures with MCC
- DRG 818Other Antepartum Diagnoses with O.R. Procedures with CC
- DRG 819Other Antepartum Diagnoses with O.R. Procedures without CC/MCC
- DRG 831Other Antepartum Diagnoses without O.R. Procedures with MCC
- DRG 832Other Antepartum Diagnoses without O.R. Procedures with CC
- DRG 833Other Antepartum Diagnoses without O.R. Procedures without CC/MCC