O75.4

Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures

Billable / specific

O75.4 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

  • 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

Includes (from O75)

  • 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 O75)

Excludes2

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

  • complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery (O74.-)
  • disruption of obstetrical (surgical) wound (O90.0-O90.1)
  • hematoma of obstetrical (surgical) wound (O90.2)
  • infection of obstetrical (surgical) wound (O86.0-)
  • mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-) (from O75)
  • obstetrical tetanus (A34) (from O75)
  • postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0) (from O75)
  • puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0) (from O75)
  • puerperal (postpartum) infection (O86.-) (from O75)
  • puerperal (postpartum) sepsis (O85) (from O75)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify specific complication
  • code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known. (from O75)

Also known as

  • 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
  • Anoxia, cerebral, complicating delivery
  • Arrest, arrested, cardiac, complicating delivery
  • Arrest, arrested, cardiac, postprocedural, obstetric procedure
  • Complication, delivery, procedure
  • Complication, obstetric, procedurespecified NEC
  • Failure, failed, heart, complicating delivery

Parent code

  • O75Other complications of labor and delivery, not elsewhere classifiedHeader

Related codes

  • O75.0Maternal distress during labor and deliveryBillable
  • O75.1Shock during or following labor and deliveryBillable
  • O75.2Pyrexia during labor, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
  • O75.3Other infection during laborBillable
  • O75.5Delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranesBillable
  • O75.8Other specified complications of labor and deliveryHeader
  • O75.9Complication of labor and delivery, unspecifiedBillable

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