O75.89 Other specified complications of labor and delivery

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)

• 659.81 Other specified indications for care or intervention related to labor and delivery, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition (approximate)
• 669.81 Other complications of labor and delivery, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition (approximate)
• 669.82 Other complications of labor and delivery, delivered, with mention of postpartum complication (approximate)
• 669.84 Other complications of labor and delivery, 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 O75.89

Back-references to O75.89

• Type 1 Excludes: O62.2 Other uterine inertia ("postpartum atony of uterus without hemorrhage (O75.89)")
• Type 1 Excludes: O72.1 Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage ("postpartum atony of uterus without hemorrhage (O75.89)")

Diagnosis Index entries for O75.89

• Atonia, atony, atonic › uterus (during labor) › postpartum (with hemorrhage) › without hemorrhage
• Complication (s) (from) (of) › delivery › specified NEC
• Complication (s) (from) (of) › labor › specified NEC
• Complication (s) (from) (of) › obstetric › specified NEC
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › complicated › specified complication NEC
• Disorder (of) › metabolism NOS › in labor and delivery
• Disturbance (s) › metabolism › in labor or delivery

Nearby codes

• O75.4 Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures
• O75.5 Delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranes
• 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 (this code)
• O75.9 Complication of labor and delivery, unspecified