Preterm labor without delivery

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 3 more specific codes instead:

O60.00 Preterm labor without delivery, unspecified trimester
O60.02 Preterm labor without delivery, second trimester
O60.03 Preterm labor without delivery, third 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Preterm labor without delivery

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from O60 Preterm labor

Excludes1 - never coded here

false labor (O47.0-)
threatened labor NOS (O47.0-)

Includes

onset (spontaneous) of labor before 37 completed weeks of gestation

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
O60.1	Preterm labor with preterm delivery	Not billable
O60.2	Term delivery with preterm labor	Not billable