O36.4

Billable

ChapterO00–O9A

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Official Description

Maternal care for intrauterine death

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
•Chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium (O00-O9A).

Instructional Notes

Includes

Maternal care for intrauterine fetal death NOS
Maternal care for intrauterine fetal death after completion of 20 weeks of gestation
Maternal care for late fetal death
Maternal care for missed delivery

Excludes1(Not coded here)

missed abortion (O02.1)
stillbirth (P95)

General instructions are available for the parent sections:

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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)

O36Maternal care for other fetal problems

O36.4Maternal care for intrauterine death

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to O36.4:

categoryO36

Maternal care for other fetal problems

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chapterCH15

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to O36.4. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

10 raw paths

Dead1 unique routes

fetus, retained (mother)→O36.4

Delivery (childbirth) (labor)1 unique routes

missed (at or near term)→O36.4

Missed1 unique routes

delivery→O36.4

Pregnancy (single) (uterine)5 unique routes

complicated by (care of) (management affected by)(5 variants)

death of fetus (near term)→O36.4

fetal (maternal care for)(2 variants)

death (near term)→O36.4