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O72 - Postpartum hemorrhage
ICD-10-CM Chapter 15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium · O60-O77 Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77) · Top-level category · FY2027
Coding Guidance
O72 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
IncludesFrom O72
Conditions this code covers.
- hemorrhage after delivery of fetus or infant
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom Chapter O00-O9A
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter O00-O9A
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)
- obstetrical tetanus (A34)
- postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)
- puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)
Use Additional CodeFrom Chapter O00-O9A
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
NotesFrom Chapter O00-O9A
Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- CODES FROM THIS CHAPTER ARE FOR USE ONLY ON MATERNAL RECORDS, NEVER ON NEWBORN RECORDS
- Codes from this chapter are for use for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth, or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)
- Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. They are defined as follows:
- 1st trimester- less than 14 weeks 0 days
- 2nd trimester- 14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
- 3rd trimester- 28 weeks 0 days until delivery
More Specific Codes (4)
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Chapter Information
Related ICD-10 Codes
More specific codes for O72
Other categories in this chapter
Codes at the same level as O72
- Ectopic pregnancyO00
- Hydatidiform moleO01
- Other abnormal products of conceptionO02
- Spontaneous abortionO03
- Complications following (induced) termination of pregnancyO04
- Failed attempted termination of pregnancyO07
- Complications following ectopic and molar pregnancyO08
- Supervision of high risk pregnancyO09
- Pre-existing hypertension complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumO10
- Pre-existing hypertension with pre-eclampsiaO11
- Gestational [pregnancy-induced] edema and proteinuria without hypertensionO12
- Gestational [pregnancy-induced] hypertension without significant proteinuriaO13
- Pre-eclampsiaO14
- EclampsiaO15
- Unspecified maternal hypertensionO16
- Hemorrhage in early pregnancyO20
- Excessive vomiting in pregnancyO21
- Venous complications and hemorrhoids in pregnancyO22
- Infections of genitourinary tract in pregnancyO23
- Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperiumO24
- Malnutrition in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumO25
- Maternal care for other conditions predominantly related to pregnancyO26
- Abnormal findings on antenatal screening of motherO28
- Complications of anesthesia during pregnancyO29
- Multiple gestationO30
- Complications specific to multiple gestationO31
- Maternal care for malpresentation of fetusO32
- Maternal care for disproportionO33
- Maternal care for abnormality of pelvic organsO34
- Maternal care for known or suspected fetal abnormality and damageO35
- Maternal care for other fetal problemsO36
- PolyhydramniosO40
- Other disorders of amniotic fluid and membranesO41
- Premature rupture of membranesO42
- Placental disordersO43
- Placenta previaO44
- Premature separation of placenta [abruptio placentae]O45
- Antepartum hemorrhage, not elsewhere classifiedO46
- False laborO47
- Late pregnancyO48
31 more in this chapter.