O62.1
O62.1 — Secondary uterine inertia
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
O62.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for secondary uterine inertia. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Arrested active phase of labor
- Secondary hypotonic uterine dysfunction
Risk adjustment
O62.1 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 O62.1 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 O62.1.
- Delivery›arrested active phase
- Dystocia›cervical›secondary
- Inertia›uterus, uterine during labor›secondary
- Contraction, contracture, contracted›uterus›inadequate›secondary
- Delivery›cesarean›inertia, uterus›secondary
- Dysfunction›uterus, complicating delivery›hypotonic›secondary
- Delivery›complicated›by›cervical dystocia›secondary
- Delivery›complicated›by›inertia, uterus›secondary
- Delivery›complicated›by›uterine inertia›secondary
- Delivery›complicated›by›dysfunction, uterus NOS›hypotonic›secondary
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O62. If O62.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about O62.1
- Is O62.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O62.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O62.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).