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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Emerg Med. 2015 Mar 7;33(5):713–718. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.03.001

Table 2.

Full listing of all emergency department ICD-9-CM codes, with deliveries, selected for the study

ICD-9-CM Code Description Clinically Correct? Visits
648.21 Anemia of mother, delivered,
with or without mention of
antepartum condition
No 7
658.11 Premature rupture of membranes,
delivered, with or without
mention of antepartum condition
No 6
659.61 Elderly multigravida, delivered
with or without mention of
antepartum condition
No 5
658.21 Delayed delivery after
spontaneous or unspecified
rupture of membranes, delivered,
with or without mention of
antepartum condition
No 4
649.31 Coagulation defects complicating
pregnancy, childbirth, or the
puerperium, delivered, with or
without mention of antepartum
condition
No 4
647.61 Other viral diseases in the
mother, delivered, with or
without mention of antepartum
condition
No 3
648.41 Mental disorders of mother,
delivered, with or without
mention of antepartum condition
No 3
656.51 Poor fetal growth, affecting
management of mother,
delivered, with or without
mention of antepartum condition
No 3
658.01 Oligohydramnios, delivered, with
or without mention of antepartum
condition
No 3
659.41 Grand multiparity, delivered,
with or without mention of
antepartum condition
No 2
648.81 Abnormal glucose tolerance of
mother, delivered, with or
without mention of antepartum
No 2
656.81 Other specified fetal and
placental problems, affecting
management of mother,
delivered, with or without
mention of antepartum condition
No 2
658.41 Infection of amniotic cavity,
delivered, with or without
mention of antepartum condition
No 2
649.11 Obesity complicating pregnancy,
childbirth, or the puerperium,
delivered, with or without
mention of antepartum condition
No 1
655.71 Decreased fetal movements,
affecting management of mother,
delivered, with or without
mention of antepartum condition
No 1
654.92 Other and unspecified
abnormality of organs and soft
tissues of pelvis, delivered, with
mention of postpartum
complication
No 1
647.81 Other specified infectious and
parasitic diseases of mother,
delivered, with or without
mention of antepartum condition
No 1
652.81 Other specified malposition or
malpresentation, delivered, with
or without mention of antepartum
condition
No 1
642.51 Severe pre-eclampsia, delivered,
with or without mention of
antepartum condition
Yes 2
642.91 Unspecified hypertension,
complicating pregnancy,
childbirth, or the puerperium,
delivered, with or without
mention of antepartum condition
Yes 2
645.21 Prolonged pregnancy, delivered,
with or without mention of
antepartum condition
Yes 1
659.81 Other specified indications for
care or intervention related to
labor and delivery, delivered,
with or without mention of
antepartum condition
Yes 1
660.01 Obstruction caused by
malposition of fetus at onset of
labor, delivered, with or without
mention of antepartum condition
Yes 1
669.21 Maternal hypotension syndrome,
delivered, with or without
mention of antepartum condition
Yes 1