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O62

O62Abnormalities of forces of labor

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

O62 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for abnormalities of forces of labor. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with O62

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at O62. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading O62 alone.

  • O72.1Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage

Risk adjustment

O62 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.

Code to one of these instead O62

7 child codes. Green means billable.

Questions about O62

Is O62 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
No. O62 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does O62 sit in the tabular list?
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.