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O71.0

Rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor

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:

  • O71.00 Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, unspecified trimester
  • O71.02 Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, second trimester
  • O71.03 Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor

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 O71 Other obstetric trauma

Includes

  • obstetric damage from instruments

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 57 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
O71.1 Rupture of uterus during labor Valid
O71.2 Postpartum inversion of uterus Valid
O71.3 Obstetric laceration of cervix Valid
O71.4 Obstetric high vaginal laceration alone Valid
O71.5 Other obstetric injury to pelvic organs Valid
O71.6 Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments Valid
O71.7 Obstetric hematoma of pelvis Valid
O71.8 Other specified obstetric trauma Not billable
O71.9 Obstetric trauma, unspecified Valid