O47
O47 — False labor
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
O47 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for false labor. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- preterm labor (O60.-)
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- Braxton Hicks contractions
- threatened labor
Other codes that can never be billed with O47
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at O47. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading O47 alone.
- O60Preterm labor
Risk adjustment
O47 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead O47
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about O47
- Is O47 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. O47 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does O47 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems (O30-O48).
- What cannot be coded together with O47?
- O47 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.