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O24.420

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Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth, diet controlled

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

A woman is giving birth and has gestational diabetes that is controlled through diet alone without medication.

Coding Tips

  • •This code is used only during the childbirth episode; use O24.410 for pregnancy and O24.430 for postpartum
  • •Confirm that diet control is still the management method at the time of delivery

Code Hierarchy

└O24Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium└O24.4Gestational diabetes mellitus└O24.42Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth└O24.420Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth, diet controlled
└O24.420Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth, diet controlled

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