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O45.02

Premature separation of placenta with disseminated intravascular coagulation

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

  • O45.021 Premature separation of placenta with disseminated intravascular coagulation, first trimester
  • O45.022 Premature separation of placenta with disseminated intravascular coagulation, second trimester
  • O45.023 Premature separation of placenta with disseminated intravascular coagulation, third trimester
  • O45.029 Premature separation of placenta with disseminated intravascular coagulation, unspecified trimester

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Premature separation of placenta with disseminated intravascular coagulation

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
O45.00 Premature separation of placenta with coagulation defect, unspecified Not billable
O45.01 Premature separation of placenta with afibrinogenemia Not billable
O45.09 Premature separation of placenta with other coagulation defect Not billable