O61.0
O61.0 — Failed medical induction of labor
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
O61.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for failed medical induction of labor. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Failed induction (of labor) by oxytocin
- Failed induction (of labor) by prostaglandins
Risk adjustment
O61.0 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 O61.0 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 O61.0.
- Failure, failed›induction›medical
- Failure, failed›induction›by›oxytocic drugs
- Failure, failed›induction›by›prostaglandins
- Pregnancy›complicated by›failed induction of labor›medical
- Delivery›cesarean›failed›induction of labor›medical
- Delivery›complicated›by›failed›induction of labor›medical
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O61. If O61.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about O61.0
- Is O61.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O61.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O61.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).