O03.7 Embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Air embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
• Amniotic fluid embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
• Blood-clot embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
• Embolism NOS following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
• Fat embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
• Pulmonary embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
• Pyemic embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
• Septic or septicopyemic embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
• Soap embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion

Applies from O03 Spontaneous abortion

Includes

• miscarriage

Notes

• Incomplete abortion includes retained products of conception following spontaneous abortion

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 770 in MDC 14.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 634.60 Spontaneous abortion, complicated by embolism, unspecified (approximate)
• 634.62 Spontaneous abortion, complicated by embolism, complete (approximate)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Maternity diagnoses (age 9 through 64): Age conflict edit. These diagnoses are clinically expected only in patients age 9 through 64.

Code annotations containing back-references to O03.7

Back-references to O03.7

• Type 1 Excludes: O03.87 Sepsis following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion ("septic or septicopyemic embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion (O03.7)")
• Type 1 Excludes: O88 Obstetric embolism ("embolism complicating spontaneous abortion (O03.2, O03.7)")

Back-references to O03

• Type 1 Excludes: D65 Disseminated intravascular coagulation [defibrination syndrome] ("abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.1)")
• Type 2 Excludes: D68 Other coagulation defects ("coagulation defects complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.1)")
• Type 1 Excludes: G08 Intracranial and intraspinal phlebitis and thrombophlebitis ("abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.7)")
• Type 2 Excludes: I26 Pulmonary embolism ("pulmonary embolism complicating abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)")
• Code First: I47 Paroxysmal tachycardia ("abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)")
• Code First: I49 Other cardiac arrhythmias ("abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)")
• Code First: I50 Heart failure ("heart failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)")
• Code First: I74 Arterial embolism and thrombosis ("embolism and thrombosis complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)")
• Code First: I80 Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis (", if applicable: phlebitis and thrombophlebitis complicating abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.7)")
• Code First: I82 Other venous embolism and thrombosis ("abortion, ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.7)")
• Type 1 Excludes: K65 Peritonitis ("peritonitis with or following abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.0)")
• Type 2 Excludes: K72 Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified ("hepatic failure complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)")
• Type 1 Excludes: O20 Hemorrhage in early pregnancy ("pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00-O08)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R34 Anuria and oliguria ("anuria and oliguria complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.4)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R55 Syncope and collapse ("shock complicating or following abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.3)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R57 Shock, not elsewhere classified ("shock complicating or following ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.3)")
• Type 1 Excludes: T79.0 Air embolism (traumatic) ("air embolism complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)")
• Type 1 Excludes: T79.1 Fat embolism (traumatic) ("abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)")
• Type 1 Excludes: T79.4 Traumatic shock ("shock complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.3)")
• Type 1 Excludes: T81.1 Postprocedural shock ("shock following abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.3)")
• Type 1 Excludes: T81.7 Vascular complications following a procedure, not elsewhere classified ("embolism complicating abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.2)")
• Type 1 Excludes: Z33.2 Encounter for elective termination of pregnancy ("spontaneous abortion (O03)")

Diagnosis Index entries for O03.7

• Abortion (complete) (spontaneous) › complicated (by) (following) › embolism (air) (amniotic fluid) (blood clot) (fat) (pulmonary) (septic) (soap)
• Abortion (complete) (spontaneous) › complicated (by) (following) › venous complication NEC › embolism (air) (amniotic fluid) (blood clot) (fat) (pulmonary) (septic) (soap)

Nearby codes

• O03.38 Urinary tract infection following incomplete spontaneous abortion
• O03.39 Incomplete spontaneous abortion with other complications
• O03.4 Incomplete spontaneous abortion without complication
• O03.5 Genital tract and pelvic infection following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
• O03.6 Delayed or excessive hemorrhage following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
• O03.7 Embolism following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion (this code)
• O03.8 Other and unspecified complications following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
• O03.80 Unspecified complication following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
• O03.81 Shock following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
• O03.82 Renal failure following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
• O03.83 Metabolic disorder following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion