O03.7 vs O88
O03.7 and O88 can never be reported together. ICD-10-CM declares them mutually exclusive with an Excludes1 note, meaning the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient — so exactly one of them is correct for any given encounter.
O03.7
Embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
BillableUnspecified
- Chapter 15
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- Section
- O00-O08
Use when the record says
- Air embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
- Amniotic fluid embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
- Blood-clot embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
- Embolism NOS following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
- Fat embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
- Pulmonary embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
- Pyemic embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
- Septic or septicopyemic embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
Indexed under
- Abortion › complicated › embolism (complete) (spontaneous)
- Abortion › complicated › venous complication NEC › embolism (complete) (spontaneous)
Excludes1 is not always absolute: where two conditions covered by the note are genuinely unrelated, CMS guidance permits reporting both. Document the reasoning rather than assuming it. More on Excludes1 vs Excludes2 · FY2027