O71.0Rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor

O71.0 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor. It belongs to category O71 (other obstetric trauma), block O60-O77 (complications of labor and delivery) and chapter 15 (pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within O71 (other obstetric trauma), O71.0 is specifically for rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor. Related codes cover rupture of uterus during labor (O71.1), postpartum inversion of uterus (O71.2), obstetric laceration of cervix (O71.3), obstetric high vaginal laceration alone (O71.4), other obstetric injury to pelvic organs (O71.5), obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments (O71.6), obstetric hematoma of pelvis (O71.7), other specified obstetric trauma (O71.8) and 1 more.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: O71.00 (trimester), O71.02 (trimester) and O71.03 (trimester).

Don't report O71.0 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: disruption of (current) cesarean delivery wound (O90.0) and laceration of uterus, NEC (O71.81).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.