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O62.4

Hypertonic, incoordinate, and prolonged uterine contractions

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Hypertonic, incoordinate, and prolonged uterine contractions

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.

Showing 40 of 53 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
O62.0 Primary inadequate contractions Valid
O62.1 Secondary uterine inertia Valid
O62.2 Other uterine inertia Valid
O62.3 Precipitate labor Valid
O62.8 Other abnormalities of forces of labor Valid
O62.9 Abnormality of forces of labor, unspecified Valid