O75.5 — Delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranes
Is O75.5 billable?
Yes — O75.5 is billable for FY2027. O75.5 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. O75.5 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
O75.5 at a glance
| Code | O75.5 |
|---|---|
| Description | Delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranes |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does O75.5 group to?
O75.5 sits in MDC 14 and helps define the logic of 1 MS-DRG (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
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How is O75.5 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to O75.5. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Delivery › delayed NOS › following rupture of membranes › artificial (childbirth) (labor)
- Rupture, ruptured › membranes › artificial › delayed delivery following
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from Chapter 15
The conditions below can never be reported together with O75.5 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
Use additional code — inherited from Chapter 15
Report an additional code alongside O75.5 to fully describe the condition. O75.5 is sequenced first.
- code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 15
The conditions below are not part of O75.5, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, O75.5 and the excluded code may both be reported.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from O75
The conditions below are not part of O75.5, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, O75.5 and the excluded code may both be reported.
How long has O75.5 existed?
O75.5 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
What other codes are in the O75 family? (7)
- O75.0Maternal distress during labor and delivery
- O75.1Shock during or following labor and delivery
- O75.2Pyrexia during labor, not elsewhere classified
- O75.3Other infection during labor
- O75.4Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures
- O75.8Other specified complications of labor and deliverynot billable
- O75.9Complication of labor and delivery, unspecified