2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O80

Encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery

ICD-10-CM Code:
O80
ICD-10 Code for:
Encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
Not chronic
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Code Classification

  • Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
    (O00-O9A)
    • Encounter for delivery
      (O80-O82)
      • Encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery
        (O80)

O80 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2023 through September 30, 2024. The code is exempt from present on admission (POA) reporting for inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals.

The code O80 is applicable to female patients aged 12 through 55 years inclusive. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-female patient outside the stated age range.

Approximate Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

  • Cervical effacement 10 percent
  • Cervical effacement 20 percent
  • Cervical effacement 30 percent
  • Cervical effacement 40 percent
  • Cervical effacement 50 percent
  • Cervical effacement 60 percent
  • Cervical effacement 70 percent
  • Cervical effacement 80 percent
  • Cervical effacement 90 percent
  • Cervix dilated
  • Cervix undilated
  • Complete placenta at delivery
  • Contraction of uterus during labor
  • Delivery normal
  • Delivery normal
  • Delivery normal
  • Delivery normal
  • Effective uterine contractions
  • Expulsive uterine contractions
  • Fair uterine contractions
  • Finding of arrangement of umbilical cord
  • Finding of completeness of placenta
  • Finding of contraction state of uterus
  • Finding of effectiveness of uterine contraction
  • Finding of effectiveness of uterine contraction
  • Finding of frequency of uterine contraction
  • Finding of pain of uterine contraction
  • Finding of passing of operculum
  • Finding of regularity of uterine contraction
  • Finding of sensation of gravid uterus
  • Finding of strength of uterine contraction
  • Finding of strength of uterine contraction
  • Finding of strength of uterine contraction
  • Finding of strength of uterine contraction
  • Fully effaced cervix
  • Good uterine contractions
  • Gravid uterus normal
  • Gravid uterus normal
  • Gravid uterus normal
  • Gravid uterus normal
  • Gravid uterus normal
  • Mother delivered
  • Normal birth
  • Normal delivery - occipitoanterior
  • Normal delivery but ante- or post- natal conditions present
  • Normal female reproductive function
  • Normal reproductive system function
  • Normal strength uterine contractions
  • Occasional uterine tightenings
  • Operculum passed
  • Painless uterine contractions
  • Quadruplet birth
  • Quintuplet birth
  • Regular uterine contractions
  • Rim of cervix palpable
  • Segments of uterus distinguishable in labor
  • Sextuplet birth
  • Spontaneous vertex delivery
  • Strong uterine contractions
  • Term birth of fraternal twins, both living
  • Term birth of fraternal twins, both stillborn
  • Term birth of identical twins, both living
  • Term birth of identical twins, both stillborn
  • Term birth of multiple newborns
  • Term birth of multiple newborns
  • Term birth of multiple newborns
  • Term birth of newborn quadruplets
  • Term birth of newborn quintuplets
  • Term birth of newborn sextuplets
  • Term birth of stillborn twins
  • Term pregnancy delivered
  • Transmission of uterine contraction wave
  • Twins - both live born
  • Twins - both live born
  • Twins - both stillborn
  • Twins - both stillborn
  • Twins - both stillborn
  • Umbilical cord not around baby's neck at delivery
  • Uterine contractions normal
  • Uterine contractions present
  • Uterine observation in labor
  • Uterus contracted
  • Vaginal delivery
  • Variable strength uterine contractions
  • Very strong uterine contractions

Clinical Classification

Clinical Information

  • Spontaneous Vertex Delivery

    the birth of a cephalically presenting fetus without operative instrumentation or assistance.

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.


Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.
  • Delivery requiring minimal or no assistance, with or without episiotomy, without fetal manipulation e.g., rotation version or instrumentation forceps of a spontaneous, cephalic, vaginal, full-term, single, live-born infant. This code is for use as a single diagnosis code and is not to be used with any other code from chapter 15.

Use Additional Code

Use Additional Code
The “use additional code” indicates that a secondary code could be used to further specify the patient’s condition. This note is not mandatory and is only used if enough information is available to assign an additional code.
  • code to indicate outcome of delivery Z37.0

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10-CM Code Edits are applicable to this code:

  • Maternity diagnoses - The Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies in maternity cases by checking a patient's age and any diagnosis on the patient's record. The maternity code edits apply to patients age ange is 9–64 years inclusive (e.g., diabetes in pregnancy, antepartum pulmonary complication).
  • Diagnoses for females only - The Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient’s sex and any diagnosis on the patient’s record, these edits apply to FEMALES only .

Present on Admission (POA)

O80 is exempt from POA reporting - The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement. Review other POA exempt codes here.

CMS POA Indicator Options and Definitions

POA IndicatorReason for CodeCMS will pay the CC/MCC DRG?
YDiagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission.YES
NDiagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission.NO
UDocumentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.NO
WClinically undetermined - unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission.YES
1Unreported/Not used - Exempt from POA reporting. NO

Convert O80 to ICD-9-CM

  • ICD-9-CM Code: 650 - Normal delivery

Patient Education


Childbirth

When you are ready to have your baby, you'll go through labor. Labor is the process of giving birth. Signs that you might be going into labor include:

  • Contractions that are regular then start to come closer together
  • Leaking fluid or bleeding from the vagina
  • Low, dull backache
  • Abdominal cramps

Call your health care provider if you have any of these signs, even if it is before your due date. Preterm labor can start before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy.

Labor happens in three stages. The first stage begins with contractions. It continues until your cervix has become thinner and dilated (stretched) to about 4 inches wide. The second stage is the active stage, in which you begin to push downward. Crowning is when your baby's scalp comes into view. Shortly afterward, your baby is born. In the third stage, you deliver the placenta. The placenta is the organ that supplied food and oxygen to your baby during pregnancy.

Mothers and babies are monitored closely during labor. Most women are able to have a baby through normal vaginal delivery. If there are complications, the baby may need to be delivered surgically by a Cesarean section.

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.

Footnotes

[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.