O90.6
Billable codePostpartum mood disturbance
The ICD-10 code for postpartum mood disturbance is O90.6.
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).
Also known as
Alternate wording, synonyms, or specific conditions that fall under this code, listed to help confirm you've picked the right one.
- Postpartum blues
- Postpartum dysphoria
- Postpartum sadness
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •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
- O90.0Disruption of cesarean delivery wound
- O90.1Disruption of perineal obstetric wound
- O90.2Hematoma of obstetric wound
- O90.3Peripartum cardiomyopathy
- O90.4Postpartum acute kidney failurenon-billable header
- O90.5Postpartum thyroiditis
- O90.8Other complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- O90.9Complication of the puerperium, unspecified
- O90.6Postpartum mood disturbance
ICD-9-CM equivalent
Informational only — GEM mappings are approximate, not guaranteed one-to-one equivalents. Verify before use in billing.
- 64842Approximate match
- 64844Approximate match
Associated MS-DRGs
O90.6 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.