O88.28: Other obstetric blood-clot embolism

One or more of your blood vessels has become sealed.

Your blood vessels became sealed during pregnancy, during the birth, or in the early weeks after the birth of your child. Blood vessels can get sealed by various substances. These substances include air, amniotic fluid and clotted blood.

When blood vessels are sealed there can be a variety of symptoms. One may be in pain, for example. The tissue around the affected blood vessel can be damaged. The affected part of the body may also swell up.

Additional indicator

On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.

  • G: Confirmed diagnosis
  • V: Tentative diagnosis
  • Z: Condition after
  • A: Excluded diagnosis
  • L: Left
  • R: Right
  • B: Both sides

Further information

Note

This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.
Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.

Source

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).