O62.2

O62.2: Other uterine inertia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O62.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other uterine inertia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check O62.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

atony of uterus with hemorrhage (postpartum) (O72.1)
postpartum atony of uterus without hemorrhage (O75.89)

Inclusion terms

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

Atony of uterus without hemorrhage
Atony of uterus NOS
Desultory labor
Hypotonic uterine dysfunction NOS
Irregular labor
Poor contractions
Slow slope active phase of labor
Uterine inertia NOS

Other codes that can never be billed with O62.2

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

O72.1Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Desultory labor
Atonia, atony, atonic›uterus(during labor)
Dystocia›cervical(hypotonic)
Inertia›uterus, uterine during labor
Irregular, irregularity›labor
Poor›contractions, labor
Contraction, contracture, contracted›uterus›hypotonic NEC
Contraction, contracture, contracted›uterus›poor
Delivery›cesarean›atony, uterus
Delivery›cesarean›inertia, uterus
Dysfunction›uterus, complicating delivery›hypotonic
Delivery›complicated›by›atony, uterus

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under O62