NEW ICD-10-CM Codes for 2019
Previous Code
E78.4 Other hyperlipidemia
New Code(s)
E78.41 Elevated lipoprotein(a)
E78.49 Other hyperlipidemia
Previous Code
F53 Puerperal psychosis
New Code(s)
F53.0 Postpartum depression
F53.1 Puerperal psychosis
Previously, there was no code for postpartum depression. O90.6 continues to be available to report postpartum mood disturbance.
New Code(s)
O30.13- Triplet pregnancy, trichorionic/triamniotic
O30.23- Quadruplet pregnancy, quadrachorionic/quadra-amniotic,
O30.83- Other specified multiple gestation, number of chorions and amnions are both equal to the number of fetuses
Previously, there was no way to report circumstances in high order multiple gestations when the number of chorions and amnions were the same as the number of fetuses. For these codes, the 6th character represents the trimester in which service is provided.
Previous Code
O86.0 Infection of obstetric surgical wound
New Code(s)
O86.00 Infection of obstetric surgical wound, unspecified
Infection of obstetric surgical wound…
O86.01 superficial incisional site
O86.02 deep incisional site
O86.03 organ and space site
O86.04 Sepsis following an obstetrical procedure
O86.09 Other surgical site
More specificity is required to define the exact location(s) of any obstetric wound infection
New Code(s)
Z13.31 Encounter for screening for maternal depression
This is a new code found in a new section created to report particular screening services.
New Code(s)
Z20.821 Contact with and (suspected) exposure to Zika virus
Previously, non-specific exposure codes had to be used when there was known or suspected exposure to the Zika virus.
New Code(s)
Z28.83 Immunization not carried out due to unavailability of vaccine
This circumstance could not be reported previously.
A complete list of all ICD-10-CM changes for 2019 is available on the CMS website at https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/2019-ICD-10-CM.html