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O90.6

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Postpartum mood disturbance

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

What This Code Means

A woman experiences mood disturbances such as sadness, anxiety, or emotional changes after giving birth.

Coding Tips

  • •This is a general code for postpartum mood changes; use more specific codes (O90.61, O90.62, O90.63) if postpartum depression, anxiety, or psychosis is documented
  • •Document severity and functional impact to guide treatment decisions

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

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

Code Hierarchy

└O90Complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classified└O90.6Postpartum mood disturbance
└O90.6Postpartum mood disturbance

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