O71.6
Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments
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 11
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Includes
- obstetric damage from instruments
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Inclusion terms
- Obstetric avulsion of inner symphyseal cartilage
- Obstetric damage to coccyx
- Obstetric traumatic separation of symphysis (pubis)
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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
Alongside this code 9 same parent — O71
O71.0 Rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor category 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 category O71.9 Obstetric trauma, unspecified
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.