O66.9
O66.9: Obstructed labor, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
O66.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for obstructed labor, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check O66.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Dystocia NOS
- Fetal dystocia NOS
- Maternal dystocia NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with O66.9
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- O62.4Hypertonic, incoordinate, and prolonged uterine contractions
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Dystocia
- Dystocia›fetal
- Dystocia›maternal
- Delay, delayed›any plane in pelvis›complicating delivery
- Delivery›complicated›by›obstructed labor›due to›dystocia(fetal)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under O66
- O66.0Obstructed labor due to shoulder dystocia
- O66.1Obstructed labor due to locked twins
- O66.2Obstructed labor due to unusually large fetus
- O66.3Obstructed labor due to other abnormalities of fetus
- O66.4Failed trial of labor
- O66.5Attempted application of vacuum extractor and forceps
- O66.6Obstructed labor due to other multiple fetuses
- O66.8Other specified obstructed labor