O90.0 Disruption of cesarean delivery wound

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Dehiscence of cesarean delivery wound

Excludes1 (never code together)

• rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor (O71.0-)
• rupture of uterus during labor (O71.1)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 769 in MDC 14.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 674.12 Disruption of cesarean wound, delivered, with mention of postpartum complication (approximate)
• 674.14 Disruption of cesarean wound, 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 O90.0

Back-references to O90.0

• Type 1 Excludes: O71.0 Rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor ("disruption of (current) cesarean delivery wound (O90.0)")
• Type 1 Excludes: O71.1 Rupture of uterus during labor ("disruption of cesarean delivery wound (O90.0)")
• Type 2 Excludes: O75.4 Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures ("disruption of obstetrical (surgical) wound (O90.0-O90.1)")
• Type 1 Excludes: T81.3 Disruption of wound, not elsewhere classified ("disruption of cesarean delivery wound (O90.0)")

Diagnosis Index entries for O90.0

• Complication (s) (from) (of) › cesarean delivery wound NEC › disruption
• Dehiscence (of) › cesarean wound
• Disruption (of) › wound › operation › cesarean
• Puerperal, puerperium (complicated by, complications) › disruption › cesarean wound

Nearby codes

• O90 Complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classified
• O90.0 Disruption of cesarean delivery wound (this code)
• O90.1 Disruption of perineal obstetric wound
• O90.2 Hematoma of obstetric wound
• O90.3 Peripartum cardiomyopathy
• O90.4 Postpartum acute kidney failure
• O90.41 Hepatorenal syndrome following labor and delivery