O65.5

Obstructed labor due to abnormality of maternal pelvic organs

Billable / specific

O65.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Obstructed labor due to conditions listed in O34.-

Includes (from O65)

  • 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.-) (from O65)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-) (from O65)
  • obstetrical tetanus (A34) (from O65)
  • postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0) (from O65)
  • puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0) (from O65)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify abnormality of pelvic organs O34.-
  • code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known. (from O65)

Also known as

  • Obstructed labor due to conditions listed in O34.-
  • Atresia, atretic, cervix, in pregnancy or childbirth, causing obstructed labor
  • Bicornate or bicornis uterus, in pregnancy or childbirth, causing obstructed labor
  • Cyst, ovary, ovarian, in pregnancy or childbirth, with obstructed labor
  • Cyst, pelvis, female, in pregnancy or childbirth, causing obstructed labor
  • Cystocele, in pregnancy or childbirth, causing obstructed labor
  • Deformity, soft parts, organs or tissues, in pregnancy or childbirth NEC, causing obstructed labor
  • Delivery, cesarean, polyp, cervix, causing obstructed labor
  • Delivery, complicated, by female genital mutilation
  • Delivery, complicated, by stenosis or stricture, cervix
  • Delivery, complicated, by tumor, pelvic organs or tissues NEC
  • Double, uterus, in pregnancy or childbirth, causing obstructed labor
  • Fibroid, in pregnancy or childbirth, causing obstructed labor
  • Fibromyoma, uterus, in pregnancy or childbirth, causing obstructed labor
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic, perineum, in pregnancy or childbirth, causing obstructed labor
  • Incarceration, incarcerated, uterus, gravid, causing obstructed labor

Parent code

  • O65Obstructed labor due to maternal pelvic abnormalityHeader

Related codes

  • O65.0Obstructed labor due to deformed pelvisBillable
  • O65.1Obstructed labor due to generally contracted pelvisBillable
  • O65.2Obstructed labor due to pelvic inlet contractionBillable
  • O65.3Obstructed labor due to pelvic outlet and mid-cavity contractionBillable
  • O65.4Obstructed labor due to fetopelvic disproportion, unspecifiedBillable
  • O65.8Obstructed labor due to other maternal pelvic abnormalitiesBillable
  • O65.9Obstructed labor due to maternal pelvic abnormality, unspecifiedBillable

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