O66.5

Attempted application of vacuum extractor and forceps

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

Exclusions 5 never code together

Excludes1

Excludes2

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 8

Inclusion terms

Attempted application of vacuum or forceps, with subsequent delivery by forceps or cesarean delivery

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 2

Delivery (childbirth) (labor)
- complicated O75.9
  - by
    - attempted vacuum extraction and forceps O66.5
- cesarean (for)
  - failed
    - forceps O66.5
    - vacuum extraction O66.5
    - ventouse O66.5
- forceps, low following failed vacuum extraction O66.5
Failure, failed
- forceps NOS (with subsequent cesarean delivery) O66.5
- vacuum extraction NOS (with subsequent cesarean delivery) O66.5
- ventouse NOS (with subsequent cesarean delivery) O66.5

Alongside this code 8 same parent — O66

Additional references

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