ICD-10 code for placenta retention

The ICD-10-CM code for placenta retention is O72.0 (Third-stage hemorrhage). The official index lists 3 more specific codes, so check the documentation for details such as type, cause, site or severity before settling on O72.0.

Within O72 (postpartum hemorrhage), O72.0 is specifically for Third-stage hemorrhage. Related codes cover other immediate postpartum hemorrhage (O72.1), delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage (O72.2) and postpartum coagulation defects (O72.3).

As a secondary diagnosis it is a CC (complication or comorbidity), which can move an inpatient stay into the "with CC" MS-DRG of its family, unless the principal diagnosis excludes it.

In MS-DRG v44.0, it is part of the grouping logic for DRG 769 (Postpartum and Post Abortion Diagnoses with O.R. Procedures, relative weight 1.6673) and DRG 776 (Postpartum and Post Abortion Diagnoses without O.R. Procedures, relative weight 0.6721), in MDC 14 (Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium), as a principal or secondary diagnosis. The DRG a claim lands in depends on the principal diagnosis, procedures and any CC/MCC secondary diagnoses.