O66.8 Other specified obstructed labor

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Use additional code

• code to identify cause of obstruction

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 660.81 Other causes of obstructed labor, 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 O66.8

Back-references to O66

• Type 1 Excludes: O33 Maternal care for disproportion ("disproportion with obstructed labor (O65-O66)")

Diagnosis Index entries for O66.8

• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › dilatation › bladder
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › obstructed labor › specified NEC

Nearby codes

• O66.4 Failed trial of labor
• O66.40 Failed trial of labor, unspecified
• O66.41 Failed attempted vaginal birth after previous cesarean delivery
• O66.5 Attempted application of vacuum extractor and forceps
• O66.6 Obstructed labor due to other multiple fetuses
• O66.8 Other specified obstructed labor (this code)
• O66.9 Obstructed labor, unspecified