O26.879

The ICD-10-CM code for cervical shortening, unspecified trimester is O26.879. The full clinical description is "Cervical shortening, unspecified trimester". O26.879 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.

ICD-10-CM code O26.879 represents “Cervical shortening, unspecified trimester”. It is classified under Chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.

Yes, O26.879 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.

O26.879 is in Chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium (codes O00-O9A).

O26.879 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-); encounter for suspected cervical shortening ruled out (Z03.75).

Yes, when using O26.879, also report: code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known..

O26.879 maps to 1 SNOMED CT concept: 609133009. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.

O26.879 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2903758. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like cervical shortening, unspecified trimester affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for O26.879 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.