O71.5 Other obstetric injury to pelvic organs

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Obstetric injury to bladder
• Obstetric injury to urethra

Excludes2 (not included here)

• obstetric periurethral trauma (O71.82)

Applies from O71 Other obstetric trauma

Includes

• obstetric damage from instruments

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 769 in MDC 14.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 665.51 Other injury to pelvic organs, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition (approximate)
• 665.54 Other injury to pelvic organs, postpartum condition or complication (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 O71.5

Back-references to O71

• Type 1 Excludes: S37 Injury of urinary and pelvic organs ("obstetric trauma to pelvic organs (O71.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: S37.6 Injury of uterus ("injury to uterus during delivery (O71.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for O71.5

• Damage › pelvic › organ NEC › during delivery
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › laceration (perineal) › bladder (urinary)
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › laceration (perineal) › bowel
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › laceration (perineal) › pelvic › organ NEC
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › laceration (perineal) › peritoneum (pelvic)
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › laceration (perineal) › urethra
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › rupture › bladder (urinary)
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › rupture › pelvic organ NEC
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › rupture › urethra
• Injury › bladder (sphincter) › at delivery
• Injury › bladder (sphincter) › obstetrical trauma
• Injury › instrumental (during surgery) › obstetrical › bladder
• Injury › instrumental (during surgery) › obstetrical › urethra
• Injury › instrumental (during surgery) › obstetrical › uterus
• Injury › internal › bladder (sphincter) › obstetrical trauma
• Injury › internal › pelvis, pelvic (organ) › obstetrical trauma NEC
• Injury › pelvis, pelvic (floor) › organ › obstetrical trauma NEC
• Injury › urethra (sphincter) › at delivery
• Laceration › bladder › obstetrical trauma
• Laceration › bowel › obstetrical trauma
• Laceration › pelvic › organ › obstetrical trauma
• Laceration › urethra › obstetrical trauma
• Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of) › bladder (urinary) › obstetrical trauma
• Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of) › bladder (urinary) › traumatic › at delivery
• Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of) › bowel › obstetrical trauma
• Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of) › colon › obstetrical trauma
• Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of) › ileum › obstetrical trauma
• Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of) › intestine NEC › obstetrical trauma
• Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of) › jejunum, jejunal › obstetrical trauma
• Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of) › pelvic › organ › obstetrical trauma
• Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of) › rectum › obstetrical trauma
• Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of) › sigmoid › obstetrical trauma
• Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of) › urethra › obstetrical trauma
• Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of) › urethra › traumatic › at delivery
• Rupture, ruptured › bladder (sphincter) (nontraumatic) (spontaneous) › obstetrical trauma
• Rupture, ruptured › pelvic › organ NEC, obstetrical trauma
• Rupture, ruptured › urethra (nontraumatic) › obstetrical trauma
• Tear, torn (traumatic) › bladder › obstetrical
• Tear, torn (traumatic) › bowel › obstetrical trauma
• Tear, torn (traumatic) › pelvic › organ NEC, obstetrical trauma
• Tear, torn (traumatic) › urethra › obstetrical trauma

Nearby codes

• O71.03 Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, third trimester
• O71.1 Rupture of uterus during labor
• O71.2 Postpartum inversion of uterus
• O71.3 Obstetric laceration of cervix
• O71.4 Obstetric high vaginal laceration alone
• O71.5 Other obstetric injury to pelvic organs (this code)
• O71.6 Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments
• O71.7 Obstetric hematoma of pelvis
• O71.8 Other specified obstetric trauma
• O71.81 Laceration of uterus, not elsewhere classified
• O71.82 Other specified trauma to perineum and vulva