Kodex

Code

O72.2

Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage

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Hierarchy

O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- O60-O77 Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
  - O72 Postpartum hemorrhage
    - O72.0 Third-stage hemorrhage
    - O72.1 Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage
    - O72.2 Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage
    - O72.3 Postpartum coagulation defects

Notes

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

Inclusion Terms

O72.2

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

Use Additional

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

Includes

hemorrhage after delivery of fetus or infant

Excludes 1

supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
- Z34 Encounter for supervision of normal pregnancy

Excludes 2

mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)
- F53 Mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classified
A34 Obstetrical tetanus
postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)
- E23.0 Hypopituitarism
M83.0 Puerperal osteomalacia