O99.21 Obesity complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium

The ICD-10-CM code for Obesity complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium is O99.21 (FY2026). It is a non-billable category code — select a more specific code below for claims.

Classification

Chapter

15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)

Section

O94-O9A: Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified (O94-O9A)

Category O99

124 codes (96 billable)

FY2026 Status

Stable since FY2024

Also Known As

ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index entries that lead to O99.21:

• Pregnancy (single) (uterine) › complicated by (care of) (management affected by) › obesity (pre-existing)
• Obesity › complicating › pregnancy

Official Coding Guidelines

E66 obesity codes include causes/effects; other obesity codes exist

b. Obesity The obesity codes in category E66, Overweight and obesity, include codes related to the cause of obesity, such as drug-induced obesity (E66.1), and codes related to effects of obesity, such as code E66.2, Morbid (severe) obesity with alveolar hypoventilation. There are other codes related to obesity in other categories of the classification, such as E88.82, Obesity due to disruption of MC4R pathway; and codes in fifth character subcategory O99.21, Obesity complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium.

Source: CMS — ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY2026

References

• CMS — ICD-10-CM Official Code Set and Guidelines, FY2026
• CDC/NCHS — ICD-10-CM Files and Browser Tool