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O62.0

O62.0: Primary inadequate contractions

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O62.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for primary inadequate contractions. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Failure of cervical dilatation
  • Primary hypotonic uterine dysfunction
  • Uterine inertia during latent phase of labor

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Failure, failed›cervical dilatation in labor
  • Delivery›cesarean›poor dilatation, cervix
  • Dilatation›cervix›incomplete, poor, slow complicating delivery
  • Dystocia›cervical›primary
  • Inertia›uterus, uterine during labor›during latent phase of labor
  • Inertia›uterus, uterine during labor›primary
  • Contraction, contracture, contracted›uterus›inadequate›primary
  • Delivery›cesarean›inertia, uterus›primary
  • Delivery›complicated›by›incomplete dilatation(cervix)
  • Dysfunction›uterus, complicating delivery›hypotonic›primary
  • Delivery›complicated›by›cervical dystocia›primary
  • Delivery›complicated›by›dilatation›cervix incomplete, poor or slow

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under O62

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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