O71.5 is the authoritative medical code for Other obstetric injury to pelvic organs. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for other obstetric injury to pelvic organs (ICD-10-CM O71.5), 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
Other obstetric injury to pelvic organs is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code O71.5. Includes: obstetric damage from instruments. Inclusion terms: Obstetric injury to bladder; Obstetric injury to urethra. Excludes2 (not included here): obstetric periurethral trauma O71.82.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for O71.5 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
Inclusion Terms
Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.
- Obstetric injury to bladder
- Obstetric injury to urethra
Excludes2 — Not Included Here
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
- obstetric periurethral trauma O71.82
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
Can O71.5 be reported alongside related conditions?
Per Excludes2 instructions, O71.5 and the following may both be reported when both are present: obstetric periurethral trauma (O71.82).
What conditions are included under O71.5?
Other obstetric injury to pelvic organs includes: Obstetric injury to bladder; Obstetric injury to urethra.
Codes in This Family (15)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as O71.5, with their registry titles.
- O71 — Other obstetric trauma
- O71.0 — Rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor
- O71.02 — Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, second trimester
- 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
- O71.6 — 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
Indexed Clinical Terms (41)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Damage, pelvic, organ NEC, during delivery
- Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, laceration (perineal), bladder (urinary)
- Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, laceration (perineal), bowel
- Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, laceration (perineal), pelvic, organ NEC
- Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, laceration (perineal), peritoneum (pelvic)
- Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, laceration (perineal), urethra
- Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, rupture, bladder (urinary)
- Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, rupture, pelvic organ NEC
- Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, rupture, urethra
- Injury, bladder (sphincter), at delivery
- Injury, bladder (sphincter), obstetrical trauma
- Injury, instrumental (during surgery), obstetrical, bladder
- Injury, instrumental (during surgery), obstetrical, urethra
- Injury, instrumental (during surgery), obstetrical, uterus
- Injury, internal, bladder (sphincter), obstetrical trauma
- Injury, internal, pelvis, pelvic (organ), obstetrical trauma NEC
- Injury, pelvis, pelvic (floor), organ, obstetrical trauma NEC
- Injury, urethra (sphincter), at delivery
- Laceration, bladder, obstetrical trauma
- Laceration, bowel, obstetrical trauma
- Laceration, pelvic, organ, obstetrical trauma
- Laceration, urethra, obstetrical trauma
- Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of), bladder (urinary), obstetrical trauma
- Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of), bladder (urinary), traumatic, at delivery
- Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of), bowel, obstetrical trauma
- Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of), colon, obstetrical trauma
- Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of), ileum, obstetrical trauma
- Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of), intestine NEC, obstetrical trauma
- Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of), jejunum, jejunal, obstetrical trauma
- Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of), pelvic, organ, obstetrical trauma
- Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of), rectum, obstetrical trauma
- Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of), sigmoid, obstetrical trauma
- Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of), urethra, obstetrical trauma
- Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of), urethra, traumatic, at delivery
- Rupture, ruptured, bladder (sphincter) (nontraumatic) (spontaneous), obstetrical trauma
- Rupture, ruptured, pelvic, organ NEC, obstetrical trauma
- Rupture, ruptured, urethra (nontraumatic), obstetrical trauma
- Tear, torn (traumatic), bladder, obstetrical
- Tear, torn (traumatic), bowel, obstetrical trauma
- Tear, torn (traumatic), pelvic, organ NEC, obstetrical trauma
- Tear, torn (traumatic), urethra, obstetrical trauma
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