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O60

O60: Preterm labor

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

O60 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for preterm 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.

Includes

Conditions this code covers.

  • onset (spontaneous) of labor before 37 completed weeks of gestation

Other codes that can never be billed with O60

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

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 O60

3 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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