O75.89 — Other specified complications of labor and delivery
O75.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified complications of labor and delivery. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Other codes that can never be billed with O75.89
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at O75.89. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading O75.89 alone.
Risk adjustment
O75.89 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
O75.89 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 O75.89 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 O75.89.
- Complication›delivery›specified NEC
- Complication›labor›specified NEC
- Complication›obstetric›specified NEC
- Delivery›complicated›specified complication NEC
- Disorder›metabolism NOS›in labor and delivery
- Disturbance›metabolism›in labor or delivery
- Atonia, atony, atonic›uterus›postpartum›without hemorrhage
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O75.8. If O75.89 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about O75.89
- Is O75.89 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O75.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O75.89 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).