O72.3 — Postpartum coagulation defects
O72.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for postpartum coagulation defects. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Postpartum afibrinogenemia
- Postpartum fibrinolysis
Other codes that can never be billed with O72.3
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at O72.3. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading O72.3 alone.
Risk adjustment
O72.3 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.
How O72.3 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to O72.3.
- Afibrinogenemia›puerperal
- Circulating anticoagulants›following childbirth
- Defibrination›postpartum
- Fibrinolysis›postpartum
- Puerperal, puerperium›afibrinogenemia, or other coagulation defect
- Puerperal, puerperium›blood dyscrasia
- Puerperal, puerperium›thrombocytopenia
- Thrombocytopenia, thrombocytopenic›puerperal, postpartum
- Blood›dyscrasia›puerperal, postpartum
- Deficiency, deficient›coagulation NOS›postpartum
- Disorder›hemorrhagic NEC›following childbirth
- Dyscrasia›blood›puerperal, postpartum
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O72. If O72.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about O72.3
- Is O72.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O72.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O72.3 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).