O90.0

O90.0: Disruption of cesarean delivery wound

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O90.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disruption of cesarean delivery wound. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check O90.0 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor (O71.0-)
rupture of uterus during labor (O71.1)

Inclusion terms

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

Dehiscence of cesarean delivery wound

Other codes that can never be billed with O90.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

O71.0Rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor
O71.1Rupture of uterus during labor
T81.3Disruption of wound, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Dehiscence›cesarean wound
Complication›cesarean delivery wound NEC›disruption
Puerperal, puerperium›disruption›cesarean wound
Disruption›wound›operation›cesarean

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under O90