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O66.5 - Attempted application of vacuum extractor and forceps


The ICD 10 Code for Attempted application of vacuum extractor and forceps is listed as O66.5.
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: O66.5
Description: Attempted application of vacuum extractor and forceps
  • Attempted application of vacuum or forceps, with subsequent delivery by forceps or cesarean delivery
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
767 - Vaginal Delivery W Sterilization &/or D&c
768 - Vaginal Delivery W O.r. Proc Except Steril &/or D&c
774 - Vaginal Delivery W Complicating Diagnoses
775 - Vaginal Delivery W/o Complicating Diagnoses
Chapter Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
Block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
Parent O66 - Other obstructed labor
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 660.71 - Failed forceps or vacuum extractor, unspecified, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: 669.51 - Forceps or vacuum extractor delivery without mention of indication, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of O66.5:
O66.0 - Obstructed labor due to shoulder dystocia
O66.1 - Obstructed labor due to locked twins
O66.2 - Obstructed labor due to unusually large fetus
O66.3 - Obstructed labor due to other abnormalities of fetus
O66.4 - Failed trial of labor
O66.6 - Obstructed labor due to other multiple fetuses
O66.8 - Other specified obstructed labor
O66.9 - Obstructed labor, unspecified