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Category · FY2027

O75 Other complications of labor and delivery, not elsewhere classified

  • Header · not billable

O75 is not billable. The category heads 10 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 8 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Shockobstetric → O75.1
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)labor → O75.9
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)delivery → O75.9

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 15 Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  2. O60-O77 Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
  3. O75 Other complications of labor and delivery, not elsewhere classified
Billable codes
10
Subdivisions
8
CC / MCC codes
1 / 2
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
37

Codes in O75

  1. O75.0
    Maternal distress during labor and delivery
    Billable
  2. O75.1
    Shock during or following labor and delivery
    BillableMCC
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Obstetric shock following labor and delivery
  3. O75.2
    Pyrexia during labor, not elsewhere classified
    BillableCC
  4. O75.3
    Other infection during labor
    BillableMCC
    Inclusion terms 1, Use additional code 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Sepsis during labor

    Use additional code

    • code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent B95 B97
  5. O75.4
    Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 4, Excludes2 4, Use additional code 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Cardiac arrest following obstetric surgery or procedures
    • Cardiac failure following obstetric surgery or procedures
    • Cerebral anoxia following obstetric surgery or procedures
    • Pulmonary edema following obstetric surgery or procedures

    Excludes2

    • complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery (O74.-) O74
    • disruption of obstetrical (surgical) wound (O90.0-O90.1) O90.0 O90.1
    • hematoma of obstetrical (surgical) wound (O90.2) O90.2
    • infection of obstetrical (surgical) wound (O86.0-) O86.0

    Use additional code

    • code to identify specific complication
  6. O75.5
    Delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranes
    Billable
  7. O75.8
    Other specified complications of labor and delivery
    Header
  8. O75.81
    Maternal exhaustion complicating labor and delivery
    Billable
  9. O75.82
    Onset (spontaneous) of labor after 37 completed weeks of gestation but before 39 completed weeks gestation, with delivery by (planned) cesarean section
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1, Code first 3

    Inclusion terms

    • Delivery by (planned) cesarean section occurring after 37 completed weeks of gestation but before 39 completed weeks gestation due to (spontaneous) onset of labor

    Code first

    • to specify reason for planned cesarean section such as:
    • cephalopelvic disproportion (normally formed fetus) (O33.9) O33.9
    • previous cesarean delivery (O34.21-) O34.21
  10. O75.89
    Other specified complications of labor and delivery
    Billable
  11. O75.9
    Complication of labor and delivery, unspecified
    Billable

CC/MCC: as a secondary diagnosis, unless the principal diagnosis is on the code’s PDX exclusion list (MS-DRG v44 Appendix C; list on the code card).

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At O75

Excludes2

  • puerperal (postpartum) infection (O86.-) O86
  • puerperal (postpartum) sepsis (O85) O85

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

  • Distressmaternal, during labor and delivery → O75.0
  • Shockduring or after labor and delivery → O75.1
  • Shockobstetric → O75.1
  • Pyrexia (of unknown origin)during labor NEC → O75.2
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic)during labor NEC → O75.3
  • Sepsis (generalized) (unspecified organism)during labor → O75.3
  • Exhaustion, exhaustive (physical NEC)maternal, complicating delivery → O75.81
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)delivery → O75.9
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)labor → O75.9
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)obstetric → O75.9
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor)complicated → O75.9
  • Collapsecirculatory (peripheral)during or after labor and delivery → O75.1
  • Collapseduring orafter labor and delivery → O75.1
  • Collapsevascular (peripheral)during or after labor and delivery → O75.1
  • Shockfollowinglabor and delivery → O75.1
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)deliveryprocedure (instrumental) (manual) (surgical) → O75.4
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)obstetricprocedure (instrumental) (manual) (surgical) specified NEC → O75.4
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor)cesarean (for)occurring after 37 completed weeks of gestation but before 39 completed weeks gestation due to (spontaneous) onset of labor → O75.82
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor)cesarean (for)planned, occurring after 37 completed weeks of gestation but before 39 completed weeks gestation due to (spontaneous) onset of labor → O75.82
  • Pregnancy (single) (uterine)complicated by (care of) (management affected by)onset (spontaneous) of labor after 37 completed weeks of gestation but before 39 completed weeks gestation, with delivery by (planned) cesarean section → O75.82
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)deliveryspecified NEC → O75.89
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)laborspecified NEC → O75.89
  • Complication(s) (from) (of)obstetricspecified NEC → O75.89
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor)complicatedspecified complication NEC → O75.89
  • Disorder (of)metabolism NOSin labor and delivery → O75.89
  • Disturbance(s)metabolismin labor or delivery → O75.89
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor)complicatedbyshock → O75.1
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor)complicatedbyfever during labor → O75.2
  • Anoxia (pathological)cerebralcomplicatingdelivery (cesarean) (instrumental) → O75.4
  • Arrest, arrestedcardiaccomplicatingdelivery (cesarean) (instrumental) → O75.4
  • Arrest, arrestedcardiacpostproceduralobstetric procedure → O75.4
  • Failure, failedheart (acute) (senile) (sudden)complicatingdelivery (cesarean) (instrumental) → O75.4
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor)delayed NOSfollowing rupture of membranesartificial → O75.5
  • Rupture, rupturedmembranes (spontaneous)artificialdelayed delivery following → O75.5
  • Pregnancy (single) (uterine)complicated by (care of) (management affected by)exhaustionduring labor and delivery → O75.81
  • Pregnancy (single) (uterine)complicated by (care of) (management affected by)fatigueduring labor and delivery → O75.81
  • Atonia, atony, atonicuterus (during labor)postpartum (with hemorrhage)without hemorrhage → O75.89

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