O32

Non-Billable
ChapterO00–O9A
Rankcategory
Official Description

Maternal care for malpresentation of fetus

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • •Chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium (O00-O9A).

CH15 Parent Instructions

Excludes1(Not coded here)
  • supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
Excludes2(Not included here)
  • mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)
  • obstetrical tetanus (A34)
  • postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)
  • puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)
Use Additional Code
  • code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • the listed conditions as a reason for observation, hospitalization or other obstetric care of the mother, or for cesarean delivery before onset of labor
Excludes1(Not coded here)
  • malpresentation of fetus with obstructed labor (O64.-)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH15Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
O30-O48Maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems (O30-O48)
O32Maternal care for malpresentation of fetus
O32.0Maternal care for unstable lie
O32.1Maternal care for breech presentation
O32.2Maternal care for transverse and oblique lie
O32.3Maternal care for face, brow and chin presentation
O32.4Maternal care for high head at term
O32.6Maternal care for compound presentation
O32.8Maternal care for other malpresentation of fetus
O32.9Maternal care for malpresentation of fetus, unspecified

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to O32:

chapterCH15
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to O32. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

25 raw paths
Breech presentation (mother)3 unique routes
Direct index entry→O32
footling→O32
incomplete→O32
Delivery (childbirth) (labor)22 unique routes
cesarean (for)(15 variants)
abnormal
presentation or position→O32
acromion presentation→O32
breech presentation→O32(2 variants)
incomplete→O32
brow presentation→O32
chin presentation→O32
face presentation→O32
high head at term→O32
mal lie→O32
malposition
fetus→O32
malpresentation NOS→O32
oblique presentation→O32
prolapse
arm or hand→O32
shoulder presentation→O32
transverse presentation or lie→O32
complicated(7 variants)
by(7 variants)
malposition, malpresentation(7 variants)
without obstruction→O32(7 variants)
breech→O32
compound→O32
face (brow) (chin)→O32
footling→O32
high head→O32
oblique→O32

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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