O62.2 Other uterine inertia

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Atony of uterus without hemorrhage
• Atony of uterus NOS
• Desultory labor
• Hypotonic uterine dysfunction NOS
• Irregular labor
• Poor contractions
• Slow slope active phase of labor
• Uterine inertia NOS

Excludes1 (never code together)

• atony of uterus with hemorrhage (postpartum) (O72.1)
• postpartum atony of uterus without hemorrhage (O75.89)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 661.21 Other and unspecified uterine inertia, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition (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.

Code annotations containing back-references to O62.2

Back-references to O62.2

• Type 1 Excludes: O72.1 Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage ("uterine atony NOS (O62.2)")
• Type 1 Excludes: O72.1 Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage ("uterine atony without hemorrhage (O62.2)")

Diagnosis Index entries for O62.2

• Atonia, atony, atonic › uterus (during labor)
• Contraction (s), contracture, contracted › uterus › hypotonic NEC
• Contraction (s), contracture, contracted › uterus › poor
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › cesarean (for) › atony, uterus
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › cesarean (for) › inertia, uterus
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › atony, uterus
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › cervical dystocia (hypotonic)
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › dysfunction, uterus NOS › hypotonic
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › inertia, uterus
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › uterine inertia
• Desultory labor
• Dysfunction › uterus, complicating delivery › hypotonic
• Dystocia › cervical (hypotonic)
• Inertia › uterus, uterine during labor
• Irregular, irregularity › labor
• Poor › contractions, labor

Nearby codes

• O62 Abnormalities of forces of labor
• O62.0 Primary inadequate contractions
• O62.1 Secondary uterine inertia
• O62.2 Other uterine inertia (this code)
• O62.3 Precipitate labor
• O62.4 Hypertonic, incoordinate, and prolonged uterine contractions
• O62.8 Other abnormalities of forces of labor
• O62.9 Abnormality of forces of labor, unspecified