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O75.3

O75.3: Other infection during labor

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O75.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other infection during labor. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

  • code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent

Inclusion terms

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

  • Sepsis during labor

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above O75.3

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on O75: Other complications of labor and delivery, not elsewhere classified

  • puerperal (postpartum) infection (O86.-)
  • puerperal (postpartum) sepsis (O85)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Infection, infected, infective›during labor NEC
  • Sepsis›during labor

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under O75

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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