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Category · FY2027

O62 Abnormalities of forces of labor

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O62 is not billable. The category heads 7 billable codes in FY2027: the 7 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Desultory labor → O62.2
  • Precipitate labor or delivery → O62.3
  • Bandl's ring (contraction), complicating delivery → O62.4

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 15 Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  2. O60-O77 Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
  3. O62 Abnormalities of forces of labor
Billable codes
7
Subdivisions
7
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
85

Codes in O62

  1. O62.0
    Primary inadequate contractions
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 3

    Inclusion terms

    • Failure of cervical dilatation
    • Primary hypotonic uterine dysfunction
    • Uterine inertia during latent phase of labor
  2. O62.1
    Secondary uterine inertia
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Arrested active phase of labor
    • Secondary hypotonic uterine dysfunction
  3. O62.2
    Other uterine inertia
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 8, Excludes1 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Atony of uterus without hemorrhage
    • Atony of uterus NOS
    • Desultory labor
    • Hypotonic uterine dysfunction NOS
    • Irregular labor
    • Poor contractions
    • Slow slope active phase of labor
    • Uterine inertia NOS

    Excludes1

    • atony of uterus with hemorrhage (postpartum) (O72.1) O72.1
    • postpartum atony of uterus without hemorrhage (O75.89) O75.89
  4. O62.3
    Precipitate labor
    Billable
  5. O62.4
    Hypertonic, incoordinate, and prolonged uterine contractions
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 9, Excludes1 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Cervical spasm
    • Contraction ring dystocia
    • Dyscoordinate labor
    • Hour-glass contraction of uterus
    • Hypertonic uterine dysfunction
    • Incoordinate uterine action
    • Tetanic contractions
    • Uterine dystocia NOS
    • Uterine spasm

    Excludes1

    • dystocia (fetal) (maternal) NOS (O66.9) O66.9
  6. O62.8
    Other abnormalities of forces of labor
    Billable
  7. O62.9
    Abnormality of forces of labor, unspecified
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

Chapter 15 instructions (Notes 6, Excludes1 1, Excludes2 4, Use additional code 1): printed on the chapter 15 page.

Index entries

  • Desultory labor → O62.2
  • Precipitate labor or delivery → O62.3
  • Bandl's ring (contraction), complicating delivery → O62.4
  • Failure, failedcervical dilatation in labor → O62.0
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor)arrested active phase → O62.1
  • Atonia, atony, atonicuterus (during labor) → O62.2
  • Dystociacervical (hypotonic) → O62.2
  • Inertiauterus, uterine during labor → O62.2
  • Irregular, irregularitylabor → O62.2
  • Poorcontractions, labor → O62.2
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor)precipitate → O62.3
  • Rapidsecond stage (delivery) → O62.3
  • Constrictionring dystocia (uterus) → O62.4
  • Contraction(s), contracture, contractedring (Bandl's) (complicating delivery) → O62.4
  • Dystociacontraction ring → O62.4
  • Dystociauterine NEC → O62.4
  • Hypertony, hypertonia, hypertonicityuterus, uterine (contractions) (complicating delivery) → O62.4
  • Incoordinate, incoordinationuterus (action) (contractions) (complicating delivery) → O62.4
  • Prolonged, prolongation (of)uterine contractions in labor → O62.4
  • Retractionring, uterus (Bandl's) (pathological) → O62.4
  • Ring(s)Bandl's → O62.4
  • Ring(s)contraction, complicating delivery → O62.4
  • Ring(s)retraction, uterus, pathological → O62.4
  • Spasm(s), spastic, spasticitycervix, complicating delivery → O62.4
  • Dysfunctionuterus, complicating delivery → O62.9
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor)cesarean (for)poor dilatation, cervix → O62.0
  • Dilatationcervix (uteri)incomplete, poor, slow complicating delivery → O62.0
  • Dystociacervical (hypotonic)primary → O62.0
  • Inertiauterus, uterine during laborduring latent phase of labor → O62.0
  • Inertiauterus, uterine during laborprimary → O62.0
  • Dystociacervical (hypotonic)secondary → O62.1
  • Inertiauterus, uterine during laborsecondary → O62.1
  • Contraction(s), contracture, contracteduterushypotonic NEC → O62.2
  • Contraction(s), contracture, contracteduteruspoor → O62.2
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor)cesarean (for)atony, uterus → O62.2
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor)cesarean (for)inertia, uterus → O62.2
  • Dysfunctionuterus, complicating deliveryhypotonic → O62.2
  • Contraction(s), contracture, contractedhourglassuterus (complicating delivery) → O62.4
  • Contraction(s), contracture, contracteduterusclonic (complicating delivery) → O62.4
  • Contraction(s), contracture, contracteduterusdyscoordinate (complicating delivery) → O62.4

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