O26.87 Cervical shortening

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• encounter for suspected cervical shortening ruled out (Z03.75)

Codes under O26.87

• O26.872 Cervical shortening, second trimester
• O26.873 Cervical shortening, third trimester
• O26.879 Cervical shortening, unspecified trimester

Code annotations containing back-references to O26.87

Back-references to O26.8

• Type 2 Excludes: O99.35 Diseases of the nervous system complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium ("pregnancy related peripheral neuritis (O26.8-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R53.8 Other malaise and fatigue ("exhaustion and fatigue due to pregnancy (O26.8-)")

Back-references to O26

• Type 1 Excludes: Z03.7 Encounter for suspected maternal and fetal conditions ruled out ("known or suspected fetal anomalies affecting management of mother, not ruled out (O26.-, O35.-, O36.-, O40.-, O41.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for O26.87

• Cervical › shortening (complicating pregnancy)
• Pregnancy (single) (uterine) › complicated by (care of) (management affected by) › cervical shortening
• Short, shortening, shortness › cervical (complicating pregnancy)

Nearby codes

• O26.851 Spotting complicating pregnancy, first trimester
• O26.852 Spotting complicating pregnancy, second trimester
• O26.853 Spotting complicating pregnancy, third trimester
• O26.859 Spotting complicating pregnancy, unspecified trimester
• O26.86 Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP)
• O26.87 Cervical shortening (this code)
• O26.872 Cervical shortening, second trimester
• O26.873 Cervical shortening, third trimester
• O26.879 Cervical shortening, unspecified trimester
• O26.89 Other specified pregnancy related conditions
• O26.891 Other specified pregnancy related conditions, first trimester