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O45

O45: Premature separation of placenta [abruptio placentae]

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

O45 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for premature separation of placenta [abruptio placentae]. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with O45

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • D65Disseminated intravascular coagulation [defibrination syndrome]
  • O46Antepartum hemorrhage, not elsewhere classified
  • O67Labor and delivery complicated by intrapartum hemorrhage, not elsewhere classified
  • O99.1Other diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead O45

3 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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