O90.6

Postpartum mood disturbance

Billable / specific

O90.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Postpartum blues
  • Postpartum dysphoria
  • Postpartum sadness

Includes (from O90)

  • Note: CODES FROM THIS CHAPTER ARE FOR USE ONLY ON MATERNAL RECORDS, NEVER ON NEWBORN RECORDS
  • Note: Codes from this chapter are for use for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth, or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)
  • Note: Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. They are defined as follows:
  • Note: 1st trimester- less than 14 weeks 0 days
  • Note: 2nd trimester- 14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
  • Note: 3rd trimester- 28 weeks 0 days until delivery

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • postpartum depression (F53.0)
  • puerperal psychosis (F53.1)
  • supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-) (from O90)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-) (from O90)
  • obstetrical tetanus (A34) (from O90)
  • postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0) (from O90)
  • puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0) (from O90)
  • mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-) (from O90)
  • obstetrical tetanus (A34) (from O90)
  • puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0) (from O90)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known. (from O90)

Also known as

  • Postpartum blues
  • Postpartum dysphoria
  • Postpartum sadness
  • Blues, postpartal
  • Blues, postpartal, baby
  • Dysphoria, postpartal
  • Puerperal, puerperium, mood disturbance
  • Sadness, postpartal

Parent code

  • O90Complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classifiedHeader

Related codes

  • O90.0Disruption of cesarean delivery woundBillable
  • O90.1Disruption of perineal obstetric woundBillable
  • O90.2Hematoma of obstetric woundBillable
  • O90.3Peripartum cardiomyopathyBillable
  • O90.4Postpartum acute kidney failureHeader
  • O90.5Postpartum thyroiditisBillable
  • O90.8Other complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
  • O90.9Complication of the puerperium, unspecifiedBillable

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