O72.2 Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage

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

Applicable to

• Hemorrhage associated with retained portions of placenta or membranes after the first 24 hours following delivery of placenta
• Retained products of conception NOS, following delivery

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)

• 666.22 Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage, delivered, with mention of postpartum complication (approximate)
• 666.24 Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage, 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 O72.2

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 O72.2

• Bleeding › capillary › puerperal
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › hemorrhage (uterine) › postpartum NEC (atonic) (immediate) › delayed
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › hemorrhage (uterine) › postpartum NEC (atonic) (immediate) › secondary
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › retained membranes or portions of placenta
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › by › retention of secundines (with hemorrhage) › partial
• Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed) › delayed › postpartum
• Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed) › postpartum NEC (following delivery of placenta) › delayed or secondary
• Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed) › puerperal › delayed or secondary
• Membrane (s), membranous › retained (with hemorrhage) (complicating delivery)
• Metrorrhagia › postpartum NEC (atonic) (following delivery of placenta) › delayed or secondary
• Puerperal, puerperium (complicated by, complications) › hemorrhage › delayed or secondary
• Puerperal, puerperium (complicated by, complications) › hemorrhage › uterine, delayed
• Retention › decidua (fragments) (following delivery) (with hemorrhage)
• Retention › membranes (complicating delivery) (with hemorrhage)
• Retention › placenta (total) (with hemorrhage) › portions or fragments (with hemorrhage)
• Retention › products of conception › following › delivery (with hemorrhage)
• Retention › secundines (following delivery) (with hemorrhage) › complicating puerperium (delayed hemorrhage)
• Retention › secundines (following delivery) (with hemorrhage) › partial

Nearby codes

• O72 Postpartum hemorrhage
• O72.0 Third-stage hemorrhage
• O72.1 Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage
• O72.2 Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage (this code)
• O72.3 Postpartum coagulation defects