Kodex

Code

O62.0

Primary inadequate contractions

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Hierarchy

O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- O60-O77 Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
  - O62 Abnormalities of forces of labor
    - O62.0 Primary inadequate contractions
    - O62.1 Secondary uterine inertia
    - O62.2 Other uterine inertia
    - O62.3 Precipitate labor
    - O62.4 Hypertonic, incoordinate, and prolonged uterine contractions
    - O62.8 Other abnormalities of forces of labor
    - O62.9 Abnormality of forces of labor, unspecified

Notes

CODES FROM THIS CHAPTER ARE FOR USE ONLY ON MATERNAL RECORDS, NEVER ON NEWBORN RECORDS
Codes from this chapter are for use for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth, or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)
Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. They are defined as follows:
1st trimester- less than 14 weeks 0 days
2nd trimester- 14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
3rd trimester- 28 weeks 0 days until delivery

Inclusion Terms

O62.0

Failure of cervical dilatation
Primary hypotonic uterine dysfunction
Uterine inertia during latent phase of labor

Use Additional

code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.

Excludes 1

supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
- Z34 Encounter for supervision of normal pregnancy

Excludes 2

mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)
- F53 Mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classified
A34 Obstetrical tetanus
postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)
- E23.0 Hypopituitarism
M83.0 Puerperal osteomalacia