O71
O71 — Other obstetric trauma
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
O71 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other obstetric trauma. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- obstetric damage from instruments
Other codes that can never be billed with O71
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at O71. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading O71 alone.
- M62.0Separation of muscle (nontraumatic)
- N85.5Inversion of uterus
- N88.1Old laceration of cervix uteri
- N88.8Other specified noninflammatory disorders of cervix uteri
- N89.8Other specified noninflammatory disorders of vagina
- N90Other noninflammatory disorders of vulva and perineum
- O26.7Subluxation of symphysis (pubis) in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- O71.0Rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor
Risk adjustment
O71 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 O71
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- O71.0Rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor
- O71.1Rupture of uterus during labor
- O71.2Postpartum inversion of uterus
- O71.3Obstetric laceration of cervix
- O71.4Obstetric high vaginal laceration alone
- O71.5Other obstetric injury to pelvic organs
- O71.6Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments
- O71.7Obstetric hematoma of pelvis
- O71.8Other specified obstetric trauma
- O71.9Obstetric trauma, unspecified
Questions about O71
- Is O71 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. O71 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does O71 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).