Complication of labor and delivery, unspecified
Billable / specific
O75.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
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.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- 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.
Also known as
- Complication, delivery
- Complication, labor
- Complication, obstetric
- Delivery, complicated
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
- O75.4Other complications of obstetric surgery and proceduresBillable
- O75.5Delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranesBillable
- O75.8Other specified complications of labor and deliveryHeader