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O72.2 - Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage


The ICD 10 Code for Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage is listed as O72.2.
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: O72.2
Description: Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage
  • Hemorrhage associated with retained portions of placenta or membranes after the first 24 hours following delivery of placenta
  • Retained products of conception NOS, following delivery
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
769 - Postpartum & Post Abortion Diagnoses W O.r. Procedure
774 - Vaginal Delivery W Complicating Diagnoses
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 O72 - Postpartum hemorrhage
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 666.22 - Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage, delivered, with mention of postpartum complication (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: 666.24 - Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage, postpartum condition or complication (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of O72.2:
O72.0 - Third-stage hemorrhage
O72.1 - Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage
O72.3 - Postpartum coagulation defects