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O71.6 - Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments


The ICD 10 Code for Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments is listed as O71.6.
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: O71.6
Description: Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments
  • Obstetric avulsion of inner symphyseal cartilage
  • Obstetric damage to coccyx
  • Obstetric traumatic separation of symphysis (pubis)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
769 - Postpartum & Post Abortion Diagnoses W O.r. Procedure
776 - Postpartum & Post Abortion Diagnoses W/o O.r. Procedure
Chapter Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
Block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
Parent O71 - Other obstetric trauma
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 665.61 - Damage to pelvic joints and ligaments, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: 665.64 - Damage to pelvic joints and ligaments, postpartum condition or complication (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of O71.6:
O71.0 - Rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor
O71.1 - Rupture of uterus during labor
O71.2 - Postpartum inversion of uterus
O71.3 - Obstetric laceration of cervix
O71.4 - Obstetric high vaginal laceration alone
O71.5 - Other obstetric injury to pelvic organs
O71.7 - Obstetric hematoma of pelvis
O71.8 - Other specified obstetric trauma
O71.9 - Obstetric trauma, unspecified