Version 2024

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O60.2

Term delivery with preterm labor

ICD-10-CM Code:
O60.2
ICD-10 Code for:
Term delivery with preterm labor
Is Billable?
Not Valid for Submission
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Code Classification

  • Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
    (O00-O9A)
    • Complications of labor and delivery
      (O60-O77)
      • Preterm labor
        (O60)

O60.2 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of term delivery with preterm labor. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.

Specific Coding Applicable to Term delivery with preterm labor

Non-specific codes like O60.2 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for term delivery with preterm labor:

  • O60.20 for Term delivery with preterm labor, unspecified trimester - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.20X0 for not applicable or unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.20X1 for fetus 1 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.20X2 for fetus 2 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.20X3 for fetus 3 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.20X4 for fetus 4 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.20X5 for fetus 5 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.20X9 for other fetus - BILLABLE CODE

  • O60.22 for Term delivery with preterm labor, second trimester - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.22X0 for not applicable or unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.22X1 for fetus 1 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.22X2 for fetus 2 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.22X3 for fetus 3 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.22X4 for fetus 4 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.22X5 for fetus 5 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.22X9 for other fetus - BILLABLE CODE

  • O60.23 for Term delivery with preterm labor, third trimester - NON-BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.23X0 for not applicable or unspecified - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.23X1 for fetus 1 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.23X2 for fetus 2 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.23X3 for fetus 3 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.23X4 for fetus 4 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.23X5 for fetus 5 - BILLABLE CODE

  • Use O60.23X9 for other fetus - BILLABLE CODE

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.


7th Character Note

7th Character Note
Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.
  • One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to each code under subcategory O60.2. 7th character 0 is for single gestations and multiple gestations where the fetus is unspecified. 7th characters 1 through 9 are for cases of multiple gestations to identify the fetus for which the code applies. The appropriate code from category O30

7th Character

7th Character
Indicates that a seventh character is to be assigned to codes in a subcategory.
  • 0 - not applicable or unspecified
  • 1 - fetus 1
  • 2 - fetus 2
  • 3 - fetus 3
  • 4 - fetus 4
  • 5 - fetus 5
  • 9 - other fetus

Patient Education


Preterm Labor

Preterm labor is labor that starts before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy. It can lead to premature birth. Premature babies may face serious health risks.

Symptoms of preterm labor include:

  • Contractions every 10 minutes or more often
  • Leaking fluid or bleeding from the vagina
  • Feeling of pressure in the pelvis
  • Low, dull backache
  • Cramps that feel like menstrual cramps
  • Abdominal cramps with or without diarrhea

If you think you might be having preterm labor, contact your health care provider.

NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development


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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
  • FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
  • FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
  • FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
  • FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
  • FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.