O71.6 Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments

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

Applicable to

• Obstetric avulsion of inner symphyseal cartilage
• Obstetric damage to coccyx
• Obstetric traumatic separation of symphysis (pubis)

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)

• 665.61 Damage to pelvic joints and ligaments, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition (approximate)
• 665.64 Damage to pelvic joints and ligaments, 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 O71.6

Back-references to O71.6

• Type 1 Excludes: O26.7 Subluxation of symphysis (pubis) in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium ("traumatic separation of symphysis (pubis) during childbirth (O71.6)")
• Type 1 Excludes: S33 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of lumbar spine and pelvis ("obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments (O71.6)")

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 O71.6

• Avulsion (traumatic) › cartilage › symphyseal (inner), complicating delivery
• Avulsion (traumatic) › symphyseal cartilage (inner), complicating delivery
• Damage › coccyx, complicating delivery
• Damage › pelvic › joint or ligament, during delivery
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › separation, pubic bone (symphysis pubis)
• Injury › coccyx › complicating delivery
• Injury › pelvis, pelvic (floor) › joint or ligament, complicating delivery
• Laceration › broad ligament › obstetrical trauma
• Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of) › broad ligament › obstetrical trauma
• Rupture, ruptured › symphysis pubis › obstetric
• Separation › pubic bone, obstetrical trauma
• Separation › symphysis pubis, obstetrical trauma
• Tear, torn (traumatic) › broad ligament › obstetrical trauma

Nearby codes

• 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
• O71.6 Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments (this code)
• 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
• O71.89 Other specified obstetric trauma