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O90.6

Postpartum mood disturbance

Billable

Code Hierarchy

O90O90.6

Chapter: 15. Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Section: O85-O92 - Complications predominantly related to the puerperium

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Postpartum blues
  • Postpartum dysphoria
  • Postpartum sadness

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with O90.6

  • F53.0 - postpartum depression (F53.0)
  • F53.1 - puerperal psychosis (F53.1)

Related Codes

O90.0Billable

Disruption of cesarean delivery wound

O90.1Billable

Disruption of perineal obstetric wound

O90.2Billable

Hematoma of obstetric wound

O90.3Billable

Peripartum cardiomyopathy

O90.4Category

Postpartum acute kidney failure

O90.5Billable

Postpartum thyroiditis

O90.8Category

Other complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classified

O90.9Billable

Complication of the puerperium, unspecified

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