O75.5 Delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranes

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applies from O75 Other complications of labor and delivery, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2 (not included here)

• puerperal (postpartum) infection (O86.-)
• puerperal (postpartum) sepsis (O85)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 998 in MDC 14.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 658.31 Delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranes, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition (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.

Diagnosis Index entries for O75.5

• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › delayed NOS › following rupture of membranes › artificial
• Rupture, ruptured › membranes (spontaneous) › artificial › delayed delivery following

Nearby codes

• O75.0 Maternal distress during labor and delivery
• O75.1 Shock during or following labor and delivery
• O75.2 Pyrexia during labor, not elsewhere classified
• O75.3 Other infection during labor
• O75.4 Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures
• O75.5 Delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranes (this code)
• O75.8 Other specified complications of labor and delivery
• O75.81 Maternal exhaustion complicating labor and delivery
• O75.82 Onset (spontaneous) of labor after 37 completed weeks of gestation but before 39 completed weeks gestation, with delivery by (planned) cesarean section
• O75.89 Other specified complications of labor and delivery
• O75.9 Complication of labor and delivery, unspecified