O72.1

O72.1: Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O72.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other immediate postpartum hemorrhage. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check O72.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

uterine atony NOS (O62.2)
uterine atony without hemorrhage (O62.2)
postpartum atony of uterus without hemorrhage (O75.89)

Inclusion terms

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

Hemorrhage following delivery of placenta
Postpartum hemorrhage (atonic) NOS
Uterine atony with hemorrhage

Other codes that can never be billed with O72.1

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

O62.2Other uterine inertia

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

O72.1 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

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Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Bleeding›atonic, following delivery
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›postpartum NEC(following delivery of placenta)
Metrorrhagia›postpartum NEC(atonic) (following delivery of placenta)
Puerperal, puerperium›hemorrhage
Atonia, atony, atonic›uterus›postpartum(with hemorrhage)
Atonia, atony, atonic›uterus›with hemorrhage(postpartum)
Delivery›complicated›by›hemorrhage›postpartum NEC(atonic) (immediate)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.