O03.81

Billable
ChapterO00–O9A
Ranksubcategory
Official Description

Shock following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion

Metadata & Insights
  • •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
  • •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
  • •Chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium (O00-O9A).

Instructional Notes

Includes
  • Circulatory collapse following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
  • Shock (postprocedural) following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
Excludes1(Not coded here)
  • shock due to infection following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion (O03.87)
General instructions are available for the parent sections:
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Clinical Hierarchy

CH15Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
O00-O08Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00-O08)
O03Spontaneous abortion
O03.8Other and unspecified complications following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion
O03.81Shock following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to O03.81:

categoryO03
Spontaneous abortion
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blockO00-O08
Pregnancy with abortive outcome (O00-O08)
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chapterCH15
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to O03.81. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

2 raw paths
Abortion (complete) (spontaneous)2 unique routes
complicated (by) (following)(2 variants)
circulatory collapse→O03.81
shock→O03.81

MS-DRG Classification

2026 v43.1

This code is grouped within the following Diagnosis Related Group(s) for clinical reimbursement:

DRG 770
Abortion with D&C, Aspiration Curettage or Hysterotomy
DRG 779
Abortion without D&C

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