O47
O47: False labor
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
O47 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for false labor. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- preterm labor (O60.-)
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- Braxton Hicks contractions
- threatened labor
Other codes that can never be billed with O47
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- O60Preterm labor
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 O47
3 child codes. Green means billable.