O46
Header — not billableAntepartum hemorrhage, not elsewhere classified
The ICD-10 code for antepartum hemorrhage, not elsewhere classified is O46.
O46 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 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).
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
- O30Multiple gestationnon-billable header
- O31Complications specific to multiple gestationnon-billable header
- O32Maternal care for malpresentation of fetusnon-billable header
- O33Maternal care for disproportionnon-billable header
- O34Maternal care for abnormality of pelvic organsnon-billable header
- O35Maternal care for known or suspected fetal abnormality and damagenon-billable header
- O36Maternal care for other fetal problemsnon-billable header
- O40Polyhydramniosnon-billable header
- O41Other disorders of amniotic fluid and membranesnon-billable header
- O42Premature rupture of membranesnon-billable header
- O43Placental disordersnon-billable header
- O44Placenta previanon-billable header
- O45Premature separation of placenta [abruptio placentae]non-billable header
- O47False labornon-billable header
- O48Late pregnancynon-billable header
- O46Antepartum hemorrhage, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header