O60-O77

Non-Billable
ChapterO00–O9A
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Official Description

Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)

Metadata & Insights
  • Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • Chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium (O00-O9A).

CH15 Parent Instructions

Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
  • supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)
  • obstetrical tetanus (A34)
  • postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)
  • puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)
Use Additional Code
  • code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH15Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
O60-O77Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)Not billable
O60Preterm laborSubcodes
O61Failed induction of laborSubcodes
O62Abnormalities of forces of laborSubcodes
O63Long laborSubcodes
O64Obstructed labor due to malposition and malpresentation of fetusSubcodes
O65Obstructed labor due to maternal pelvic abnormalitySubcodes
O66Other obstructed laborSubcodes
O67Labor and delivery complicated by intrapartum hemorrhage, not elsewhere classifiedSubcodes
O68Labor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-base balanceBillable
O69Labor and delivery complicated by umbilical cord complicationsSubcodes
O70Perineal laceration during deliverySubcodes
O71Other obstetric traumaSubcodes
O72Postpartum hemorrhageSubcodes
O73Retained placenta and membranes, without hemorrhageSubcodes
O74Complications of anesthesia during labor and deliverySubcodes
O75Other complications of labor and delivery, not elsewhere classifiedSubcodes
O76Abnormality in fetal heart rate and rhythm complicating labor and deliveryBillable
O77Other fetal stress complicating labor and deliverySubcodes

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to O60-O77:

chapterCH15
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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