O62.2

Other uterine inertia

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 7 never code together

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Excludes1

atony of uterus with hemorrhage (postpartum) (O72.1)O72.1 O72.1
postpartum atony of uterus without hemorrhage (O75.89)O75.89 O75.89

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Excludes1

supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)Z34.-

Excludes2

mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)F53.-
obstetrical tetanus (A34)A34
postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)E23.0
puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)M83.0

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 15

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Inclusion terms

Atony of uterus without hemorrhage
Atony of uterus NOS
Desultory labor
Hypotonic uterine dysfunction NOS
Irregular labor
Poor contractions
Slow slope active phase of labor
Uterine inertia NOS

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Notes

CODES FROM THIS CHAPTER ARE FOR USE ONLY ON MATERNAL RECORDS, NEVER ON NEWBORN RECORDS
Codes from this chapter are for use for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth, or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)
Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. They are defined as follows:
1st trimester- less than 14 weeks 0 days
2nd trimester- 14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
3rd trimester- 28 weeks 0 days until delivery

Use additional code

code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.Z3A

Index entries leading here 9

Atonia, atony, atonic
- uterus (during labor) O62.2
Delivery (childbirth) (labor)
- cesarean (for)
  - atony, uterus O62.2
  - inertia, uterus O62.2
- complicated O75.9
  - by
    - atony, uterus O62.2
    - inertia, uterus O62.2
    - cervical dystocia (hypotonic) O62.2
    - dysfunction, uterus NOS O62.9
      - hypotonic O62.2
    - uterine inertia O62.2
Dystocia O66.9
- cervical (hypotonic) O62.2
Contraction (s) , contracture, contracted
- uterus N85.8
  - hypotonic NEC O62.2
  - poor O62.2
Poor
- contractions, labor O62.2
Desultory labor O62.2
Dysfunction
- uterus, complicating delivery O62.9
  - hypotonic O62.2
Inertia
- uterus, uterine during labor O62.2
Irregular, irregularity
- labor O62.2

Alongside this code 6 same parent — O62

O62.0 Primary inadequate contractions O62.1 Secondary uterine inertia O62.3 Precipitate labor O62.4 Hypertonic, incoordinate, and prolonged uterine contractions O62.8 Other abnormalities of forces of labor O62.9 Abnormality of forces of labor, unspecified

Medications 1

2 Uterine Inertia drugs

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

Additional references

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: O62
Block: O60-O77
Siblings: 6

Present FY2024–FY2027.