O75.5 is the authoritative medical code for Delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranes. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranes (ICD-10-CM O75.5), 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
Delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranes is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code O75.5. Excludes2 (not included here): puerperal postpartum infection O86.-; puerperal postpartum sepsis O85.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for O75.5 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Excludes2 — Not Included Here
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
- puerperal postpartum infection O86.-
- puerperal postpartum sepsis O85
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
Can O75.5 be reported alongside related conditions?
Per official ICD-10-CM Excludes2 instructions, O75.5 and the following are not considered part of each other and may both be reported when both conditions are present: puerperal (postpartum) infection (O86.-); puerperal (postpartum) sepsis (O85).
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to O75.5 in its code family, 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
- O75.4 — Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures
- 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
View all 11 codes in the O75 family
Indexed Clinical Terms (2)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Delivery (childbirth) (labor), delayed NOS, following rupture of membranes, artificial
- Rupture, ruptured, membranes (spontaneous), artificial, delayed delivery following