O21.0 — Mild hyperemesis gravidarum
O21.0

What this code means
Mild hyperemesis gravidarum is excessive vomiting in pregnancy beyond ordinary morning sickness, without metabolic disturbance.
Also called: hyperemesis gravidarum, severe morning sickness.
When this code is used
Used for mild hyperemesis gravidarum.
Where it sits in ICD-10-CM
Code O21.0 belongs to Chapter 15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, which covers codes O00–O9A in the FY2027 ICD-10-CM tabular list. The official description above is copied verbatim from the CDC/NCHS FY2027 code file.
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What is ICD-10-CM code O21.0?
O21.0 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for “Mild hyperemesis gravidarum”. Mild hyperemesis gravidarum is excessive vomiting in pregnancy beyond ordinary morning sickness, without metabolic disturbance.
When is code O21.0 used?
Used for mild hyperemesis gravidarum. It belongs to Chapter 15 of ICD-10-CM (Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium).
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More codes in Chapter 15
O03.9 — Complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion without complication
O09.90 — Supervision of high risk pregnancy, unspecified, unspecified trimester
O10.919 — Unspecified pre-existing hypertension complicating pregnancy, unspecified trimester
O13.9 — Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuria, unspecified trimester
O14.90 — Unspecified pre-eclampsia, unspecified trimester
O20.0 — Threatened abortion