ICD-10-CM Codes
O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
O60-O77 Complications of labor and delivery
O71- Other obstetric trauma

2018 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O71.8

Other specified obstetric trauma

2016

2017

2018

Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

O71.8 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
The 2018 edition of ICD-10-CM O71.8 became effective on October 1, 2017.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of O71.8 - other international versions of ICD-10 O71.8 may differ.

The following code(s) above O71.8 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to O71.8:

O00-O9A
2018 ICD-10-CM Range O00-O9A
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
Note
- 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
Type 1 Excludes
- supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
Type 2 Excludes
- 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
- code from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
O71
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O71
Other obstetric trauma
Includes
- obstetric damage from instruments
Other obstetric trauma

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to O71.8:

Type 1 Excludes: N89.8
, M62.0
, N90

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N89.8
Other specified noninflammatory disorders of vagina
Applicable To
- Leukorrhea NOS
- Old vaginal laceration
- Pessary ulcer of vagina
Type 1 Excludes
- current obstetric trauma (O70.-, O71.4, O71.7-O71.8)
- old laceration involving muscles of pelvic floor (N81.8)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M62.0
Separation of muscle (nontraumatic)
Applicable To
- Diastasis of muscle
Type 1 Excludes
- diastasis recti complicating pregnancy, labor and delivery (O71.8)
- traumatic separation of muscle- see strain of muscle by body region
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N90
Other noninflammatory disorders of vulva and perineum
Type 1 Excludes
- anogenital (venereal) warts (A63.0)
- carcinoma in situ of vulva (D07.1)
- condyloma acuminatum (A63.0)
- current obstetric trauma (O70.-, O71.7-O71.8)
- inflammation of vulva (N76.-)
- severe dysplasia of vulva (D07.1)
- vulvar intraepithelial neoplasm III [VIN III] (D07.1)

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To O71.8

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

O71.1 Rupture of uterus during labor

O71.2 Postpartum inversion of uterus

O71.3 Obstetric laceration of cervix

O71.4 Obstetric high vaginal laceration alone

O71.5 Other obstetric injury to pelvic organs

O71.6 Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments

O71.7 Obstetric hematoma of pelvis

O71.8 Other specified obstetric trauma

O71.81 Laceration of uterus, not elsewhere classified

O71.82 Other specified trauma to perineum and vulva

O71.89 Other specified obstetric trauma

O71.9 Obstetric trauma, unspecified

O72 Postpartum hemorrhage

O72.0 Third-stage hemorrhage

O72.1 Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage

O72.2 Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage

O72.3 Postpartum coagulation defects

O73 Retained placenta and membranes, without hemorrhage

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.