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.

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

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).