O66
O66 — Other obstructed labor
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
O66 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other obstructed labor. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with O66
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at O66. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading O66 alone.
- O33Maternal care for disproportion
- O33.7Maternal care for disproportion due to other fetal deformities
- O33.7XX0Maternal care for disproportion due to other fetal deformities, not applicable or unspecified
- O33.7XX1Maternal care for disproportion due to other fetal deformities, fetus 1
- O33.7XX2Maternal care for disproportion due to other fetal deformities, fetus 2
- O33.7XX3Maternal care for disproportion due to other fetal deformities, fetus 3
- O33.7XX4Maternal care for disproportion due to other fetal deformities, fetus 4
- O33.7XX5Maternal care for disproportion due to other fetal deformities, fetus 5
Risk adjustment
O66 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 O66
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- O66.0Obstructed labor due to shoulder dystocia
- O66.1Obstructed labor due to locked twins
- O66.2Obstructed labor due to unusually large fetus
- O66.3Obstructed labor due to other abnormalities of fetus
- O66.4Failed trial of labor
- O66.5Attempted application of vacuum extractor and forceps
- O66.6Obstructed labor due to other multiple fetuses
- O66.8Other specified obstructed labor
- O66.9Obstructed labor, unspecified
Questions about O66
- Is O66 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. O66 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does O66 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).