O45.9

O45.9: Premature separation of placenta, unspecified

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

O45.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for premature separation of placenta, unspecified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Abruptio placentae NOS

Other codes that can never be billed with O45.9

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

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 O45.9

4 child codes. Green means billable.