Is O71.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. O71.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does O71.5 sit in the tabular list?

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

O71.5

O71.5 — Other obstetric injury to pelvic organs

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O71.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other obstetric injury to pelvic organs. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

obstetric periurethral trauma (O71.82)

Inclusion terms

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

Obstetric injury to bladder
Obstetric injury to urethra

Risk adjustment

O71.5 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.

Medicare coverage

O71.5 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis

How O71.5 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 O71.5.

Injury›bladder›at delivery
Injury›bladder›obstetrical trauma
Injury›urethra›at delivery
Laceration›bladder›obstetrical trauma
Laceration›bowel›obstetrical trauma
Laceration›urethra›obstetrical trauma
Perforation, perforated›bladder›obstetrical trauma
Perforation, perforated›bowel›obstetrical trauma
Perforation, perforated›colon›obstetrical trauma
Perforation, perforated›ileum›obstetrical trauma
Perforation, perforated›intestine NEC›obstetrical trauma
Perforation, perforated›jejunum, jejunal›obstetrical trauma

Related codes at this level

Codes that share O71. If O71.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about O71.5

Is O71.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. O71.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does O71.5 sit in the tabular list?: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).