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.

Check O71.5 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

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

Other codes that can never be billed with O71.5

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

S37Injury of urinary and pelvic organs
S37.6Injury of uterus

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

O71.5 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.