O75.4 Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures

The ICD-10-CM code for Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures is O75.4 (FY2026). It is a billable, claim-ready diagnosis code.

Classification

Chapter

15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)

Section

O60-O77: Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)

Category O75

12 codes (10 billable)

FY2026 Status

Stable since FY2024

Also Known As

ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index entries that lead to O75.4:

• Complication (s) (from) (of) › obstetric › procedure (instrumental) (manual) (surgical) specified NEC
• Complication (s) (from) (of) › delivery › procedure (instrumental) (manual) (surgical)
• Anoxia (pathological) › cerebral › complicating › delivery (cesarean) (instrumental)
• Arrest, arrested › cardiac › postprocedural › obstetric procedure
• Arrest, arrested › cardiac › complicating › delivery (cesarean) (instrumental)
• Failure, failed › heart (acute) (senile) (sudden) › complicating › delivery (cesarean) (instrumental)

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

U.S. Hospital Utilization

• An estimated 2,460 U.S. inpatient stays in 2023 included O75.4 among the documented diagnoses.
• 65 stays listed it as the principal diagnosis.

Source: National Inpatient Sample (NIS), Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2016–2023. National survey-weighted estimates.

References

• CMS — ICD-10-CM Official Code Set and Guidelines, FY2026
• CDC/NCHS — ICD-10-CM Files and Browser Tool
• AHRQ — HCUP National Inpatient Sample, Frequencies by Diagnosis Code (2016–2023)