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O73.0

O73.0: Retained placenta without hemorrhage

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O73.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for retained placenta without hemorrhage. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

  • Adherent placenta, without hemorrhage
  • Trapped placenta without hemorrhage

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above O73.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on O73: Retained placenta and membranes, without hemorrhage

Other codes that can never be billed with O73.0

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

  • O43.2Morbidly adherent placenta

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Trapped placenta›without hemorrhage
  • Adherent›placenta›without hemorrhage
  • Retention›placenta›without hemorrhage
  • Retention›secundines›without hemorrhage
  • Delivery›complicated›by›adherent placenta›without hemorrhage
  • Delivery›complicated›by›retention of secundines›without hemorrhage
  • Delivery›complicated›by›placenta, placental›adherent›without hemorrhage
  • Delivery›complicated›by›placenta, placental›retained›without hemorrhage

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under O73

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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