O71.9
O71.9 — Obstetric trauma, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
O71.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for obstetric trauma, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
O71.9 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 O71.9 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 O71.9.
- Obstetrical trauma(complicating delivery)
- Injury›obstetrical
- Trauma, traumatism›during delivery
- Trauma, traumatism›obstetric
- Injury›childbirth›maternal NEC
- Injury›delivery›maternal NEC
- Injury›genital organ›obstetrical trauma
- Injury›instrumental›obstetrical
- Delivery›complicated›by›injury(to mother)
- Delivery›complicated›by›obstetric trauma
- Delivery›complicated›by›trauma(obstetrical)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O71. If O71.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- O71.0Rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor
- O71.1Rupture of uterus during labor
- O71.2Postpartum inversion of uterus
- O71.3Obstetric laceration of cervix
- O71.4Obstetric high vaginal laceration alone
- O71.5Other obstetric injury to pelvic organs
- O71.6Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments
- O71.7Obstetric hematoma of pelvis
- O71.8Other specified obstetric trauma
Questions about O71.9
- Is O71.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O71.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O71.9 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).