O72.2

Delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage

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

Exclusions 5 never code together

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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.

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O72code

Includes

hemorrhage after delivery of fetus or infant

O72.2code

Inclusion terms

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

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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 7

Bleeding — see also Hemorrhage
- capillary I78.8
  - puerperal O72.2
Delivery (childbirth) (labor)
- complicated O75.9
  - by
    - retained membranes or portions of placenta O72.2
    - hemorrhage (uterine) O67.9
      - postpartum NEC (atonic) (immediate) O72.1
        
        secondary O72.2
        delayed O72.2
    - retention of secundines (with hemorrhage) O72.0
      - partial O72.2
Retention — see also Retained
- secundines (following delivery) (with hemorrhage) O72.0
  - complicating puerperium (delayed hemorrhage) O72.2
  - partial O72.2
- decidua (fragments) (following delivery) (with hemorrhage) O72.2
- products of conception
  - following
    - delivery (with hemorrhage) O72.2
- membranes (complicating delivery) (with hemorrhage) O72.2
- placenta (total) (with hemorrhage) O72.0
  - portions or fragments (with hemorrhage) O72.2
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed) R58
- delayed
  - postpartum O72.2
- postpartum NEC (following delivery of placenta) O72.1
  - delayed or secondary O72.2
- puerperal — see Hemorrhage, postpartum
  - delayed or secondary O72.2
Metrorrhagia N92.1
- postpartum NEC (atonic) (following delivery of placenta) O72.1
  - delayed or secondary O72.2
Puerperal, puerperium (complicated by, complications)
- hemorrhage O72.1
  - delayed or secondary O72.2
  - uterine, delayed O72.2
Membrane (s) , membranous — see also condition
- retained (with hemorrhage) (complicating delivery) O72.2

Alongside this code 3 same parent — O72

O72.0 Third-stage hemorrhage O72.1 Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage O72.3 Postpartum coagulation defects

Medications 1

36 Postpartum Hemorrhage 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.

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: O72
Block: O60-O77
Siblings: 3

Present FY2024–FY2027.