O72.3 Postpartum coagulation defects

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Postpartum afibrinogenemia
• Postpartum fibrinolysis

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)

• 666.32 Postpartum coagulation defects, delivered, with mention of postpartum complication (approximate)
• 666.34 Postpartum coagulation defects, 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 O72.3

Back-references to O72.3

• Type 1 Excludes: D65 Disseminated intravascular coagulation [defibrination syndrome] ("pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O45.0, O46.0, O67.0, O72.3)")
• Type 2 Excludes: D68 Other coagulation defects ("coagulation defects complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O45.0, O46.0, O67.0, O72.3)")
• Type 1 Excludes: O99.1 Other diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium ("hemorrhage with coagulation defects (O45.-, O46.0-, O67.0, O72.3)")

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 O72.3

• Afibrinogenemia › puerperal
• Blood › dyscrasia › puerperal, postpartum
• Circulating anticoagulants › following childbirth
• Defect, defective › coagulation (factor) › postpartum › with hemorrhage
• Defibrination (syndrome) › postpartum
• Deficiency, deficient › coagulation NOS › postpartum
• Disorder (of) › hemorrhagic NEC › following childbirth
• Dyscrasia › blood (with) › puerperal, postpartum
• Fibrinolysis (hemorrhagic) (acquired) › postpartum
• Hemolysis › intravascular › postpartum
• Puerperal, puerperium (complicated by, complications) › afibrinogenemia, or other coagulation defect
• Puerperal, puerperium (complicated by, complications) › blood dyscrasia
• Puerperal, puerperium (complicated by, complications) › coagulopathy (any) › with hemorrhage
• Puerperal, puerperium (complicated by, complications) › thrombocytopenia
• Syndrome › defibrination › postpartum
• Thrombocytopenia, thrombocytopenic › puerperal, postpartum

Nearby codes

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