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O72.0 ICD-10-CM Code: Third-stage hemorrhage

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
3 inclusion terms · 1 code-also instruction

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 769 — POSTPARTUM AND POST ABORTION DIAGNOSES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES (MDC 14)
  • MS-DRG 776 — POSTPARTUM AND POST ABORTION DIAGNOSES WITHOUT O.R. PROCEDURES (MDC 14)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for O72.0 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2026Effective: October 1, 2025

Notes without a marker are published on O72.0 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Includes

Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.

  • hemorrhage after delivery of fetus or infant

Source: inherited from O72

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Hemorrhage associated with retained, trapped or adherent placenta
  • Retained placenta NOS

Code Also

Additional codes that may be required to fully describe the encounter.

  • type of adherent placenta (O43.2-)

Coder workflow for O72.0

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Before you code O72.0

  1. Confirm the condition is documented as complicating the pregnancy, childbirth, or the puerperium, and check the trimester where the code carries one and the fetus character where the category requires it. Chapter 15 codes belong on the maternal record only and take sequencing priority over codes from other chapters. It is the provider’s responsibility to state that a condition is not affecting the pregnancy; the trimester is assigned from the documentation (Guidelines I.C.15.a, I.C.15.a.1, I.C.15.a.3).

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Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
Stage
The documented stage decides the sibling code; where a Use Additional Code note asks for a stage code, report it as well.
Trimester
Assigned from the documented trimester at the encounter, or the trimester in which the condition developed for inpatient stays (Guidelines I.C.15.a.3).

Official instructions as workflow

  • Code Also — related condition(1 note)

    Coding workflow: Review the related condition when both are documented and the instruction applies. A Code Also note does not fix sequencing; the order follows the circumstances of the encounter.

    ReviewO43.2

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.17

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Code Overview

Third-stage hemorrhage is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (O72.0).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Indexed Clinical Terms (17)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Verify Before Coding

  • Age-restricted: the Medicare Code Editor lists this as a maternity (age 9-64) diagnosis; other ages are presumed incorrect.
  • CC as a secondary diagnosis (FY2026). Can raise the stay's MS-DRG severity tier.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder structured relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name O72.0 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 1 Excludes2 note: O67 — Labor and delivery complicated by intrapartum hemorrhage, not elsewhere classified (via O72.-).

These codes’ tabular lists name this diagnosis as distinct — both may be reported when both are documented.

Referenced by 1 Code Also instruction: O43.2 — Morbidly adherent placenta.

These codes suggest coding this condition alongside when both are present.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2026)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2026 MS-DRG: CC — Complication or Comorbidity. Reported as a secondary diagnosis, this code raises the stay's MS-DRG severity tier — except when the principal diagnosis is one of 250 clinically related codes on its CMS exclusion list.

Named in the grouper logic of 2 MS-DRGs: DRG 769 (MDC 14), DRG 776 (MDC 14).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):PRG027 — Complications specified during the puerperium (default); PRG010 — Hemorrhage after first trimester.

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical process (MS-DRG)

Acts as CC — raises the severity of other admissions. CMS groups these diagnoses into one MS-DRG principal-diagnosis exclusion process — a CC/MCC on this list never raises severity when the principal diagnosis is also on it.

O36.8195 — Decreased fetal movements, unspecified trimester, fetus 5, O36.8199 — Decreased fetal movements, unspecified trimester, other fetus, O71.00 — Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, unspecified trimester, 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, O71.5 — Other obstetric injury to pelvic organs, O71.81 — Laceration of uterus, not elsewhere classified, O71.89 — Other specified obstetric trauma, O71.9 — Obstetric trauma, unspecified, O75.4 — Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures, O75.81 — Maternal exhaustion complicating labor and delivery, O75.89 — Other specified complications of labor and delivery, O75.9 — Complication of labor and delivery, unspecified, O80 — Encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery, O90.89 — Other complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classified, O99.111 — Other diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism complicating pregnancy, first trimester, O99.112 — Other diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism complicating pregnancy, second trimester, O99.113 — Other diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism complicating pregnancy, third trimester, O99.119 — Other diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism complicating pregnancy, unspecified trimester, +229 more

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical categories (Complications specified during the puerperium, Hemorrhage after first trimester).

O46.092 — Antepartum hemorrhage with other coagulation defect, second trimester, O46.093 — Antepartum hemorrhage with other coagulation defect, third trimester, O46.8X2 — Other antepartum hemorrhage, second trimester, O46.8X3 — Other antepartum hemorrhage, third trimester, O46.92 — Antepartum hemorrhage, unspecified, second trimester, O46.93 — Antepartum hemorrhage, unspecified, third trimester, O67.0 — Intrapartum hemorrhage with coagulation defect, O67.8 — Other intrapartum hemorrhage, O67.9 — Intrapartum hemorrhage, unspecified, O71.2 — Postpartum inversion of uterus, O72.1 — Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage, O72.2 — Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage, O72.3 — Postpartum coagulation defects, O85 — Puerperal sepsis, O86.11 — Cervicitis following delivery, O86.12 — Endometritis following delivery, O86.13 — Vaginitis following delivery, O86.19 — Other infection of genital tract following delivery, O86.20 — Urinary tract infection following delivery, unspecified, O86.21 — Infection of kidney following delivery, +148 more

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main terms “Trapped placenta”, “Retention”, “Delivery”, …; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

O71.2 — Postpartum inversion of uterus (complicated, by, inversion, uterus), O71.3 — Obstetric laceration of cervix (complicated, by, rupture, cervix), O71.4 — Obstetric high vaginal laceration alone (complicated, by, laceration, rectovaginal), O71.5 — Other obstetric injury to pelvic organs (complicated, by, rupture, urethra), O71.6 — Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments (complicated, by, separation, pubic bone), O71.7 — Obstetric hematoma of pelvis (complicated, by, hematoma), O71.81 — Laceration of uterus, not elsewhere classified (complicated, by, laceration, uterus), O71.82 — Other specified trauma to perineum and vulva (complicated, by, damage to NEC, vulva), O71.89 — Other specified obstetric trauma (complicated, by, diastasis recti), O71.9 — Obstetric trauma, unspecified (complicated, by, injury), O73.0 — Retained placenta without hemorrhage (without hemorrhage), O73.1 — Retained portions of placenta and membranes, without hemorrhage (decidua, without hemorrhage), O74.8 — Other complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery (complicated, by, anesthetic death), O75.1 — Shock during or following labor and delivery (complicated, by, shock), O75.2 — Pyrexia during labor, not elsewhere classified (complicated, by, fever during labor), O75.5 — Delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranes (delayed NOS, following rupture of membranes, artificial), O75.82 — Onset (spontaneous) of labor after 37 completed weeks of gestation but before 39 completed weeks gestation, with delivery by (planned) cesarean section (cesarean, occurring after 37 completed weeks of gestation but before 39 completed weeks gestation due toonset of labor), O75.89 — Other specified complications of labor and delivery (complicated, specified complication NEC), O75.9 — Complication of labor and delivery, unspecified (complicated), O76 — Abnormality in fetal heart rate and rhythm complicating labor and delivery (complicated, by, depressed fetal heart tones), +452 more

Lab tests where this diagnosis supports Medicare coverage (NCD)

Medicare's National Coverage Determination (NCD) program lists this diagnosis as medical justification for these lab tests.

Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT) Test, Prothrombin Time Test and INR (PT/INR)

Contextual Map

Every relationship of O72.0 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Run O72.0 with these 2 related codes in Claim Check

Hierarchy

Code Also

Referenced by Excludes2 notes

Referenced by Code Also instructions

  • O43.2 — Morbidly adherent placenta[Code Also]: “associated third stage postpartum hemorrhage, if applicable (O72.0)”— CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes · icd10cm-fy2026

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

  • MDC 14 — Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium[MDC crossing]: “Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium — the grouper's crossing between diagnoses and procedures: a principal diagnosis sets the MDC, and same-MDC procedures move the stay to its surgical DRGs. 94 same-MDC procedures group here; browse them on the MDC page.”— CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual · FY2026

Index entries (17)

  • Adherent, placenta (with hemorrhage)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, adherent placenta[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, hemorrhage (uterine), due to, retained placenta[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, hemorrhage (uterine), postpartum NEC (atonic) (immediate), third stage[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, hemorrhage (uterine), postpartum NEC (atonic) (immediate), with retained or trapped placenta[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, placenta, placental, adherent (with hemorrhage)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, placenta, placental, retained (with hemorrhage)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, retention of secundines (with hemorrhage)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2026
  • and 9 more

Nearest codes

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]— CMS release files (code change ledger) · icd10cm-fy2016

Sources for this page

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Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2026 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2025 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v43.1 (April 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v43 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder structured relationship
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Change history

  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Third-stage hemorrhage

No changes since FY2016 — additions, deletions, description changes and billable-status changes are tracked through FY2027 (effective October 1, 2026), and none are recorded for this code. Note changes are tracked from FY2027 only.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to O72.0 in its code family, with their registry titles.

View all codes in the O72 family