O47.9 False labor, unspecified

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applies from O47 False labor

Includes

• Braxton Hicks contractions
• threatened labor

Excludes1 (never code together)

• preterm labor (O60.-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 817-819 in MDC 14.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 644.10 Other threatened labor, unspecified as to episode of care or not applicable (approximate)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Maternity diagnoses (age 9 through 64): Age conflict edit. These diagnoses are clinically expected only in patients age 9 through 64.

Diagnosis Index entries for O47.9

• False › labor (pains)
• Pregnancy (single) (uterine) › complicated by (care of) (management affected by) › false labor (pains)
• Pregnancy (single) (uterine) › complicated by (care of) (management affected by) › threatened › labor
• Threatened › labor (without delivery)

Nearby codes

• O47.0 False labor before 37 completed weeks of gestation
• O47.00 False labor before 37 completed weeks of gestation, unspecified trimester
• O47.02 False labor before 37 completed weeks of gestation, second trimester
• O47.03 False labor before 37 completed weeks of gestation, third trimester
• O47.1 False labor at or after 37 completed weeks of gestation
• O47.9 False labor, unspecified (this code)