O72.1 Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage
Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.
Applicable to
- Hemorrhage following delivery of placenta
- Postpartum hemorrhage (atonic) NOS
- Uterine atony with hemorrhage
Excludes1 (never code together)
- uterine atony NOS (O62.2)
- uterine atony without hemorrhage (O62.2)
- postpartum atony of uterus without hemorrhage (O75.89)
Applies from O72 Postpartum hemorrhage
Includes
- hemorrhage after delivery of fetus or infant
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 769 in MDC 14.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
666.12 Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage, delivered, with mention of postpartum complication (approximate)666.14 Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage, postpartum condition or complication (approximate)
Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))
Code annotations containing back-references to O72.1
Back-references to O72.1
- Type 1 Excludes:
O62.2 Other uterine inertia ("atony of uterus with hemorrhage (postpartum) (O72.1)")
Back-references to O72
- Type 2 Excludes:
O67 Labor and delivery complicated by intrapartum hemorrhage, not elsewhere classified ("postpartum hemorrhage (O72.-)")
Diagnosis Index entries for O72.1
- Atonia, atony, atonic › uterus (during labor) › with hemorrhage (postpartum)
- Atonia, atony, atonic › uterus (during labor) › postpartum (with hemorrhage)
- Bleeding › atonic, following delivery
- Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › hemorrhage (uterine) › postpartum NEC (atonic) (immediate)
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed) › postpartum NEC (following delivery of placenta)
- Metrorrhagia › postpartum NEC (atonic) (following delivery of placenta)
- Puerperal, puerperium (complicated by, complications) › hemorrhage
Nearby codes
O72 Postpartum hemorrhageO72.0 Third-stage hemorrhageO72.1 Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage (this code)O72.2 Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhageO72.3 Postpartum coagulation defects