Premature separation of placenta [abruptio placentae]
Non-billable header
O45 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- Note: CODES FROM THIS CHAPTER ARE FOR USE ONLY ON MATERNAL RECORDS, NEVER ON NEWBORN RECORDS
- Note: Codes from this chapter are for use for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth, or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)
- Note: Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. They are defined as follows:
- Note: 1st trimester- less than 14 weeks 0 days
- Note: 2nd trimester- 14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
- Note: 3rd trimester- 28 weeks 0 days until delivery
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
More specific codes O45
Related codes
- O30Multiple gestationHeader
- O31Complications specific to multiple gestationNeeds 7th char
- O32Maternal care for malpresentation of fetusNeeds 7th char
- O33Maternal care for disproportionHeader
- O34Maternal care for abnormality of pelvic organsHeader
- O35Maternal care for known or suspected fetal abnormality and damageNeeds 7th char
- O36Maternal care for other fetal problemsNeeds 7th char
- O40PolyhydramniosNeeds 7th char
- O41Other disorders of amniotic fluid and membranesNeeds 7th char
- O42Premature rupture of membranesHeader
- O43Placental disordersHeader
- O44Placenta previaHeader
- O46Antepartum hemorrhage, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
- O47False laborHeader
- O48Late pregnancyHeader