O82 Encounter for cesarean delivery without indication

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Use additional code

• code to indicate outcome of delivery (Z37.0)

Applies from O82 Encounter for cesarean delivery without indication

Use additional code

• code to indicate outcome of delivery (Z37.0)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 669.71 Cesarean delivery, without mention of indication, 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.

Code annotations containing back-references to O82

Back-references to O82

• Code First: Z3A Weeks of gestation ("obstetric condition or encounter for delivery (O09-O60, O80-O82, O94-O9A)")

Back-references to O82

• Code First: Z3A Weeks of gestation ("obstetric condition or encounter for delivery (O09-O60, O80-O82, O94-O9A)")

Diagnosis Index entries for O82

• Admission (for) › delivery, full-term, uncomplicated › cesarean, without indication
• Delivery (childbirth) (labor) › cesarean (for) › without indication
• Encounter (with health service) (for) › delivery, full-term, uncomplicated › cesarean, without indication

Nearby codes

• O82 Encounter for cesarean delivery without indication (this code)