O71.02 is the authoritative medical code for Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, second trimester. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for rupture of uterus before onset of labor, second trimester (ICD-10-CM O71.02), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, second trimester is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code O71.02. Includes: obstetric damage from instruments. Excludes1 (not coded here): disruption of current cesarean delivery wound O90.0; laceration of uterus, NEC O71.81.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for O71.02 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Includes
Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.
- obstetric damage from instruments
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
- disruption of current cesarean delivery wound O90.0
- laceration of uterus, NEC O71.81
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
What can't be coded together with O71.02?
Per Excludes1 instructions, O71.02 must not be reported with: disruption of (current) cesarean delivery wound (O90.0); laceration of uterus, NEC (O71.81).
Codes in This Family (15)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as O71.02, with their registry titles.
- O71 — Other obstetric trauma
- O71.0 — Rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor
- O71.03 — Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, third trimester
- O71.1 — Rupture of uterus during labor
- O71.2 — Postpartum inversion of uterus
- O71.3 — Obstetric laceration of cervix
- O71.4 — Obstetric high vaginal laceration alone
- O71.5 — Other obstetric injury to pelvic organs
- O71.6 — Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments
- O71.7 — Obstetric hematoma of pelvis
- O71.8 — Other specified obstetric trauma
- O71.81 — Laceration of uterus, not elsewhere classified
- O71.82 — Other specified trauma to perineum and vulva
- O71.89 — Other specified obstetric trauma
- O71.9 — Obstetric trauma, unspecified
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ICD Code O69.02
Labor and delivery complicated by prolapse of cord, fetus 2