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Home/Diagnosis/ICD-10 Coding for Preterm Contractions

ICD-10 Coding for Preterm Contractions

O60.0XX0
O60.1XX0
O47.0

Complete ICD-10-CM coding and documentation guide for icd-10 coding for preterm contractions includes clinical validation requirements, medical necessity guidelines, and coding policies.

Also Known as:
Preterm Labor
Premature Labor
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Key Information: ICD-10 Coding for Preterm Contractions

Essential facts and insights about ICD-10 Coding for Preterm Contractions

Use ICD-10 code O60.0XX0 for preterm labor without delivery, ensuring proper documentation in clinical notes.

Primary ICD-10-CM Codes

Preterm labor without delivery

Non-Billable
O60.0XX0
Non-Billable

Diagnostic Criteria

  • • Regular uterine contractions
  • • Cervical dilation <3 cm
  • • No progression to delivery

Applicable To

  • • Preterm contractions without progression to delivery

Important Notes

  • • Ensure documentation includes contraction frequency and cervical status.

Preterm labor with preterm delivery

Non-Billable
O60.1XX0
Non-Billable

Diagnostic Criteria

  • • Cervical dilation ≥3 cm
  • • Effacement ≥80%
  • • Delivery before 37 weeks

Applicable To

  • • Preterm labor resulting in delivery before 37 weeks

Important Notes

  • • Ensure delivery details are documented.

False labor

Non-Billable
O47.0
Non-Billable

Diagnostic Criteria

  • • Contractions without cervical change
  • • Negative fetal fibronectin

Applicable To

  • • Contractions without cervical change

Important Notes

  • • Ensure documentation clearly states lack of cervical change.
Ancillary Codes

Additional codes that may be used with this diagnosis

Z3A.XX

Weeks of gestation

Used to specify the gestational age in weeks.

Z37.0

Single liveborn

Used to indicate the outcome of delivery.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the ICD-10 code for preterm contractions?

The ICD-10 code for preterm contractions without delivery is O60.0XX0, and with delivery is O60.1XX0.

How do you code preterm labor with PROM?

Code both O42.91 for PROM and O60.12X0 for preterm labor with delivery, along with Z3A.XX for gestational age.

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