O72.2 — Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage
O72.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Hemorrhage associated with retained portions of placenta or membranes after the first 24 hours following delivery of placenta
- Retained products of conception NOS, following delivery
Risk adjustment
O72.2 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
O72.2 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.
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How O72.2 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 O72.2.
- Membrane, membranous›retained(with hemorrhage) (complicating delivery)
- Retention›decidua(fragments) (following delivery) (with hemorrhage)
- Retention›membranes(complicating delivery) (with hemorrhage)
- Bleeding›capillary›puerperal
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›delayed›postpartum
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›postpartum NEC›delayed or secondary
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›puerperal›delayed or secondary
- Metrorrhagia›postpartum NEC›delayed or secondary
- Puerperal, puerperium›hemorrhage›delayed or secondary
- Puerperal, puerperium›hemorrhage›uterine, delayed
- Retention›placenta›portions or fragments(with hemorrhage)
- Retention›secundines›complicating puerperium(delayed hemorrhage)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O72. If O72.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about O72.2
- Is O72.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O72.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O72.2 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).