O65.1
Obstructed labor due to generally contracted pelvis
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 5 never code together
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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 7
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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 5
- Borderline
- pelvis, with obstruction during labor O65.1
- Delivery (childbirth) (labor)
- Contraction (s) , contracture, contracted
- Infancy, infantile, infantilism — see also condition
- Small (ness)
Alongside this code 7 same parent — O65
O65.0 Obstructed labor due to deformed pelvis O65.2 Obstructed labor due to pelvic inlet contraction O65.3 Obst labor due to pelvic outlet and mid-cavity contrctn O65.4 Obstructed labor due to fetopelvic disproportion, unsp O65.5 Obstructed labor due to abnlt of maternal pelvic organs O65.8 Obstructed labor due to other maternal pelvic abnormalities O65.9 Obstructed labor due to maternal pelvic abnormality, unsp
Additional references
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