O80
O80 — Encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt
O80 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
- code to indicate outcome of delivery (Z37.0)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Delivery requiring minimal or no assistance, with or without episiotomy, without fetal manipulation [e.g., rotation version] or instrumentation [forceps] of a spontaneous, cephalic, vaginal, full-term, single, live-born infant. This code is for use as a single diagnosis code and is not to be used with any other code from chapter 15.
Risk adjustment
O80 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 O80 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 O80.
- Admission›delivery, full-term, uncomplicated
- Delivery›completely normal case
- Delivery›normal
- Delivery›spontaneous
- Delivery›term pregnancy NOS
- Delivery›uncomplicated
- Encounter›delivery, full-term, uncomplicated
Questions about O80
- Is O80 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O80 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O80 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Encounter for delivery (O80-O82).