Kodex

Code

O80

Encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery

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Hierarchy

O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- O80-O82 Encounter for delivery (O80-O82)
  - O80 Encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery
  - O82 Encounter for cesarean delivery without indication

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

O80

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.

Use Additional

O80

code to indicate outcome of delivery (Z37.0)
- Z37.0 Single live birth

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

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