Is O64.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. O64.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does O64.0 sit in the tabular list?

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).

O64.0

O64.0 — Obstructed labor due to incomplete rotation of fetal head

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

O64.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for obstructed labor due to incomplete rotation of fetal head. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to each code under category O64. 7th character 0 is for single gestations and multiple gestations where the fetus is unspecified. 7th characters 1 through 9 are for cases of multiple gestations to identify the fetus for which the code applies. The appropriate code from category O30, Multiple gestation, must also be assigned when assigning a code from category O64 that has a 7th character of 1 through 9.

0: not applicable or unspecified
1: fetus 1
2: fetus 2
3: fetus 3
4: fetus 4
5: fetus 5
9: other fetus

Inclusion terms

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

Deep transverse arrest
Obstructed labor due to persistent occipitoiliac (position)
Obstructed labor due to persistent occipitoposterior (position)
Obstructed labor due to persistent occipitosacral (position)
Obstructed labor due to persistent occipitotransverse (position)

Risk adjustment

O64.0 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 O64.0 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 O64.0.

Arrest, arrested›deep transverse
Arrest, arrested›transverse(deep)
Transverse›arrest, in labor(deep)
Delivery›complicated›by›obstructed labor›due to›deep transverse arrest
Delivery›complicated›by›obstructed labor›due to›incomplete rotation of fetal head
Delivery›complicated›by›obstructed labor›due to›persistent›occipitoiliac
Delivery›complicated›by›obstructed labor›due to›persistent›occipitoposterior
Delivery›complicated›by›obstructed labor›due to›persistent›occipitosacral
Delivery›complicated›by›obstructed labor›due to›persistent›occipitotransverse

Code to one of these instead O64.0

7 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share O64. If O64.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about O64.0

Is O64.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. O64.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does O64.0 sit in the tabular list?: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).