Is O74.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. O74.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does O74.5 sit in the tabular list?

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).

O74.5

O74.5 — Spinal and epidural anesthesia-induced headache during labor and delivery

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O74.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for spinal and epidural anesthesia-induced headache during labor and delivery. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Other codes that can never be billed with O74.5

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at O74.5. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading O74.5 alone.

T41Poisoning by, adverse effect of and underdosing of anesthetics and therapeutic gases
T88.2Shock due to anesthesia
T88.2XXAShock due to anesthesia, initial encounter
T88.2XXDShock due to anesthesia, subsequent encounter
T88.2XXSShock due to anesthesia, sequela

Risk adjustment

O74.5 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 O74.5 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 O74.5.

Headache›spinal and epidural anesthesia - induced›in labor and delivery
Effect, adverse›anesthesia›spinal and epidural›headache›in labor and delivery
Complication›anesthesia, anesthetic›spinal and epidural›in›labor and delivery NEC›headache

Code history

O74.5 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share O74. If O74.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about O74.5

Is O74.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. O74.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does O74.5 sit in the tabular list?: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).