O22
ICD-10Non-billable categoryVenous complications and hemorrhoids in pregnancy
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Venous complications and hemorrhoids in pregnancy
O22 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- venous complications of:
- abortion NOS (O03.9)
- ectopic or molar pregnancy (O08.7)
- failed attempted abortion (O07.35)
- induced abortion (O04.85)
- spontaneous abortion (O03.89)
Excludes2
Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- obstetric pulmonary embolism (O88.-)
- venous complications and hemorrhoids of childbirth and the puerperium (O87.-)
More specific codes under O22
- O22.0Varicose veins of lower extremity in pregnancycategory
- O22.1Genital varices in pregnancycategory
- O22.2Superficial thrombophlebitis in pregnancycategory
- O22.3Deep phlebothrombosis in pregnancycategory
- O22.4Hemorrhoids in pregnancycategory
- O22.5Cerebral venous thrombosis in pregnancycategory
- O22.8Other venous complications in pregnancycategory
- O22.9Venous complication in pregnancy, unspecifiedcategory
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.