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O72.2
Billable

Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage

Chapter 15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Inclusion Terms

2 items
  • Hemorrhage associated with retained portions of placenta or membranes after the first 24 hours following delivery of placenta
  • Retained products of conception NOS, following delivery

Billable Code

O72.2 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

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Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Includes

1 item

From O72:

  • hemorrhage after delivery of fetus or infant

Excludes1

1 item

From O00-O9A:

  • supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)

Excludes2

4 items

From O00-O9A:

  • mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)
  • obstetrical tetanus (A34)
  • postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)
  • puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From O00-O9A:

  • code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.

Notes

6 items

From O00-O9A:

  • CODES FROM THIS CHAPTER ARE FOR USE ONLY ON MATERNAL RECORDS, NEVER ON NEWBORN RECORDS
  • Codes from this chapter are for use for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth, or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)
  • Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. They are defined as follows:
  • 1st trimester- less than 14 weeks 0 days
  • 2nd trimester- 14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
  • 3rd trimester- 28 weeks 0 days until delivery
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