O62.4

O62.4: Hypertonic, incoordinate, and prolonged uterine contractions

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O62.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hypertonic, incoordinate, and prolonged uterine contractions. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1: never code together

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

dystocia (fetal) (maternal) NOS (O66.9)

Inclusion terms

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

Cervical spasm
Contraction ring dystocia
Dyscoordinate labor
Hour-glass contraction of uterus
Hypertonic uterine dysfunction
Incoordinate uterine action
Tetanic contractions
Uterine dystocia NOS
Uterine spasm

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Bandl's ring, complicating delivery(contraction)
Constriction›ring dystocia(uterus)
Contraction, contracture, contracted›ring(Bandl's) (complicating delivery)
Dystocia›contraction ring
Dystocia›uterine NEC
Hypertony, hypertonia, hypertonicity›uterus, uterine(contractions) (complicating delivery)
Incoordinate, incoordination›uterus(action) (contractions) (complicating delivery)
Prolonged, prolongation›uterine contractions in labor
Retraction›ring, uterus(Bandl's) (pathological)
Ring›Bandl's
Ring›contraction, complicating delivery
Ring›retraction, uterus, pathological

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.