October 1 update. Our PDGM and ICD-10 tools now use the FY2027 code set: 190 codes added, 30 deleted, and no existing code changed clinical group.

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ICD-10 · PDGM grouping

O71 Other obstetric trauma

All 14 codes in the O71 family, with the PDGM clinical group, comorbidity subgroup and primary-position rule CMS assigns, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26 and the CDC FY2027 code file.

ICD-10-CM FY2027 · CMS grouper v07.2.26

Codes in family

14

Can lead a claim

12

Cannot lead a claim

2

What CMS assigns to O71

12 of the 14 codes group to MMTA - Other; 2 are assigned no clinical group. None of the 14 is assigned a comorbidity subgroup. 12 of the 14 can lead a claim.

Every code in O71

Descriptions are CDC’s FY2027 wording; where CMS’s grouper abbreviates one, its form is shown beneath.

CodeDescriptionPrimary positionClinical groupComorbidity subgroup
O71.0 Rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor
O71.00Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, unspecified trimesterCMS: Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, unsp trimesterCannot lead a claimPrincipal diagnosis not assigned to a clinical groupNoneNone
O71.02Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, second trimesterCan lead a claimANone
O71.03Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, third trimesterCan lead a claimANone
O71.1Rupture of uterus during laborCan lead a claimANone
O71.2Postpartum inversion of uterusCan lead a claimANone
O71.3Obstetric laceration of cervixCan lead a claimANone
O71.4Obstetric high vaginal laceration aloneCan lead a claimANone
O71.5Other obstetric injury to pelvic organsCan lead a claimANone
O71.6Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligamentsCan lead a claimANone
O71.7Obstetric hematoma of pelvisCan lead a claimANone
O71.8 Other specified obstetric trauma
O71.81Laceration of uterus, not elsewhere classifiedCan lead a claimANone
O71.82Other specified trauma to perineum and vulvaCan lead a claimANone
O71.89Other specified obstetric traumaCan lead a claimANone
O71.9Obstetric trauma, unspecifiedCannot lead a claimPrincipal diagnosis not assigned to a clinical groupNoneNone

Sources: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01, for the clinical group, comorbidity subgroup, code-first conventions and primary-position flags; CDC NCHS ICD-10-CM FY2027 code descriptions for the family title and code wording. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.

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