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O62.4 - Hypertonic, incoordinate, and prolonged uterine contractions


The ICD 10 Code for Hypertonic, incoordinate, and prolonged uterine contractions is listed as O62.4.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: O62.4
Description: Hypertonic, incoordinate, and prolonged uterine contractions
  • Cervical spasm
  • Contraction ring dystocia
  • Dyscoordinate labor
  • Hour-glass contraction of uterus
  • Hypertonic uterine dysfunction
  • Incoordinate uterine action
  • Tetanic contractions
  • Uterine dystocia NOS
  • Uterine spasm
  • Excludes1: dystocia (fetal) (maternal) NOS (O66.9)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
781 - Other Antepartum Diagnoses W Medical Complications
782 - Other Antepartum Diagnoses W/o Medical Complications
Chapter Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
Block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
Parent O62 - Abnormalities of forces of labor
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 661.41 - Hypertonic, incoordinate, or prolonged uterine contractions, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of O62.4:
O62.0 - Primary inadequate contractions
O62.1 - Secondary uterine inertia
O62.2 - Other uterine inertia
O62.3 - Precipitate labor
O62.8 - Other abnormalities of forces of labor
O62.9 - Abnormality of forces of labor, unspecified