Other specified obstetric trauma

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:

O71.81 Laceration of uterus, not elsewhere classified
O71.82 Other specified trauma to perineum and vulva
O71.89 Other specified obstetric trauma

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 Other specified obstetric trauma

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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
O71.0	Rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor	Not billable
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
O71.9	Obstetric trauma, unspecified	Valid