Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes and it can mostly be developed during pregnancy time in women, it is not necessary that the patient has already diabetes. As per the research on a yearly basis, 2- 10 per cent of pregnancies in the USA are affected by Gestational Diabetes. It is very important to manage Gestational Diabetes for a better and healthy experience during pregnancy. As per CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Gestational diabetes icd-10 is O24.419
Gestational Diabetes Reasons:
The main reason for Gestational diabetes in pregnant women is not creating enough insulin during the pregnancy period. Insulin creation is a hormonal activity and our pancreas gland took part as a key to letting blood sugar into the cells in your body for use as energy.
During pregnancy, women’s body makes more hormones and goes through other changes and due to these changes body cells use less insulin.
Gestational diabetes ICDD-10:
O24.419– Gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy unspecified control
| O24.312 | Second Trimester |
| O24.313 | Third Trimester |
| O24.319 | Non-Specified Trimester |
| O24.32 | Non-Specified pre-existing diabetes mellitus in childbirth |
| O24.33 | Non-Specified pre-existing diabetes mellitus in the puerperium |
| O24.4 | Gestational diabetes mellitus |
| O24.41 | Gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnancy |
| O24.410 | Diet Controlled |
| O24.414 | Insulin Controlled |
| O24.415 | Controlled by Oral Hypoglycemic Drugs |
| O24.419 | Non-Specified Control |
| O24.42 | Gestational diabetes mellitus in childbirth |
| O24.420 | Diet Controlled |
| O24.424 | Insulin Controlled |
| O24.425 | Controlled by oral hypoglycemic drugs |
| O24.429 | Non-Specified control |
| O24.43 | Gestational diabetes mellitus in the puerperium |
| O24.430 | Diet controlled |
| O24.434 | Insulin controlled |
| O24.435 | Gestational diabetes mellitus in the puerperium, controlled by oral hypoglycemic drugs |
| O24.439 | Non-Specified control |
Gestational diabetes ICD-10 code O24.419 is grouped within DRG Codes:
| 817 | Other antepartum diagnoses with o.r. Procedures with MCC |
| 818 | Other antepartum diagnoses with o.r. Procedures with cc |
| 819 | Other antepartum diagnoses with o.r. Procedures without cc/MCC |
| 831 | Other antepartum diagnoses without o.r. Procedures with MCC |
| 832 | Other antepartum diagnoses without o.r. Procedures with cc |
| 833 | Other antepartum diagnoses without o.r. Procedures without cc/MCC |