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O65

Obstructed labor due to maternal pelvic abnormality

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 8 more specific codes instead:

  • O65.0 Obstructed labor due to deformed pelvis
  • O65.1 Obstructed labor due to generally contracted pelvis
  • O65.2 Obstructed labor due to pelvic inlet contraction
  • O65.3 Obstructed labor due to pelvic outlet and mid-cavity contraction
  • O65.4 Obstructed labor due to fetopelvic disproportion, unspecified
  • O65.5 Obstructed labor due to abnormality of maternal pelvic organs
  • O65.8 Obstructed labor due to other maternal pelvic abnormalities
  • O65.9 Obstructed labor due to maternal pelvic abnormality, unspecified

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 Obstructed labor due to maternal pelvic abnormality