Is O47.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. O47.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does O47.1 sit in the tabular list?

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems (O30-O48).

What cannot be coded together with O47.1?

O47.1 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above O47.1 (O47) and apply to it just the same.

O47.1

O47.1 — False labor at or after 37 completed weeks of gestation

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O47.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for false labor at or after 37 completed weeks of gestation. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above O47.1

These are not written on O47.1, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing O47.1 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on O47 — False labor

preterm labor (O60.-)

Risk adjustment

O47.1 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How O47.1 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to O47.1.

False›labor›at or after 37 completed weeks of gestation
Threatened›labor›at or after 37 completed weeks of gestation
Pregnancy›complicated by›false labor›at or after 37 completed weeks of pregnancy
Pregnancy›complicated by›threatened›labor›at or after 37 completed weeks of gestation

Code history

O47.1 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share O47. If O47.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about O47.1

Is O47.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. O47.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does O47.1 sit in the tabular list?: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Maternal care related to the fetus and amniotic cavity and possible delivery problems (O30-O48).
What cannot be coded together with O47.1?: O47.1 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above O47.1 (O47) and apply to it just the same.