O75.4 is the authoritative medical code for Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures (ICD-10-CM O75.4), 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 complications of obstetric surgery and procedures is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code O75.4. Inclusion terms: Cardiac arrest following obstetric surgery or procedures; Cardiac failure following obstetric surgery or procedures; Cerebral anoxia following obstetric surgery or procedures; Pulmonary edema following obstetric surgery or procedures. Excludes2 (not included here): complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery O74.-; disruption of obstetrical surgical wound O90.0-O90.1; hematoma of obstetrical surgical wound O90.2; infection of obstetrical surgical wound O86.0-; puerperal postpartum infection O86.-; puerperal postpartum sepsis O85. Use additional code: code to identify specific complication.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for O75.4 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Inclusion Terms
Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.
- Cardiac arrest following obstetric surgery or procedures
- Cardiac failure following obstetric surgery or procedures
- Cerebral anoxia following obstetric surgery or procedures
- Pulmonary edema following obstetric surgery or procedures
Excludes2 — Not Included Here
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
- complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery O74.-
- disruption of obstetrical surgical wound O90.0-O90.1
- hematoma of obstetrical surgical wound O90.2
- infection of obstetrical surgical wound O86.0-
- puerperal postpartum infection O86.-
- puerperal postpartum sepsis O85
Use Additional Code
Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.
- code to identify specific complication
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
Can O75.4 be reported alongside related conditions?
Per Excludes2 instructions, O75.4 and the following may both be reported when both are present: complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery (O74.-); disruption of obstetrical (surgical) wound (O90.0-O90.1); hematoma of obstetrical (surgical) wound (O90.2); infection of obstetrical (surgical) wound (O86.0-).
Is an additional code needed with O75.4?
Use additional code(s) to specify: code to identify specific complication.
What conditions are included under O75.4?
Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures includes: Cardiac arrest following obstetric surgery or procedures; Cardiac failure following obstetric surgery or procedures; Cerebral anoxia following obstetric surgery or procedures; Pulmonary edema following obstetric surgery or procedures.
Codes in This Family (11)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as O75.4, with their registry titles.
- O75 — Other complications of labor and delivery, not elsewhere classified
- O75.0 — Maternal distress during labor and delivery
- O75.1 — Shock during or following labor and delivery
- O75.2 — Pyrexia during labor, not elsewhere classified
- O75.3 — Other infection during labor
- O75.5 — Delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranes
- O75.8 — Other specified complications of labor and delivery
- O75.81 — Maternal exhaustion complicating labor and delivery
- O75.82 — Onset (spontaneous) of labor after 37 completed weeks of gestation but before 39 completed weeks gestation, with delivery by (planned) cesarean section
- O75.89 — Other specified complications of labor and delivery
- O75.9 — Complication of labor and delivery, unspecified
Indexed Clinical Terms (6)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Anoxia (pathological), cerebral, complicating, delivery (cesarean) (instrumental)
- Arrest, arrested, cardiac, complicating, delivery (cesarean) (instrumental)
- Arrest, arrested, cardiac, postprocedural, obstetric procedure
- Complication (s) (from) (of), delivery, procedure (instrumental) (manual) (surgical)
- Complication (s) (from) (of), obstetric, procedurespecified NEC (instrumental) (manual) (surgical)
- Failure, failed, heart (acute) (senile) (sudden), complicating, delivery (cesarean) (instrumental)
Related Codes & Numerical Sequence (Crawl Map)
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