Background ICP pregnant women have a unique pro le of serum bile acid metabolis, early and accurate identi cation of ICP patients is bene cial to early appropriate treatment and improvement of pregnancy outcomes. In this study, ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) was used to analyze the 15 types of serum bile acid pro les of ICP in third trimester, patients with cholelithiasis, and patients with hepatitis B virus. The ICP diagnostic model established by partial least squares-discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) was used to screen the differential bile acids for clinical subtypes of ICP. 144 cases of ICP patients were involved in this study, and were divided into four subgroups according to serum levels of TBA, DBIL, and ALT. Results The differential serum bile acid pro les of ICP group and normal pregnant women were DCA, TDCCA, TCA, GDCA and GLCA. The differential serum bile acid pro les of the ICP1 group (ICP with jaundice) and normal pregnant women were TCDCA, TCA, GCA, GCDCA, TUDCA and GUDCA. The differential serum bile acid pro les of the ICP3 group (hyperbiliary acidemia of pregnancy) and normal pregnant group was GUDCA, LCA, GLCA, UDCA, TUDCA, CDCA, and TLCA (P <0.05). The differential serum bile acid pro les of ICP4 group (idiopathic aminotransferase abnormality during pregnancy) and normal pregnant group was UDCA, GUDCA, TUDCA, GCA and GLCA (P <0.05). The occurrence of meconium-stained amniotic uid, premature delivery and cesarean section in ICP1 group was signi cantly higher than normal group,ICP2 group,ICP3 group,and ICP4 group (P <0.05); The occurrence of meconium-stained amniotic uid, premature delivery and cesarean section in ICP2 group, ICP3 group,and ICP4 group was signi cantly higher than normal group (P <0.05), but no difference was found among ICP2 group, ICP3 group,and ICP4 group (P> 0.05). Conclusion: Maternal serum bile acid pro les are useful to differentiate the four subtypes of ICP. ICP with jaundice could be an important predictor of adverse pregnancy outcomes of ICP.