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Normal delivery (O80)
Official text from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The wording is quoted exactly.
Guidelines I.C.15.n
“Code O80 is always a principal diagnosis. It is not to be used if any other code from chapter 15 is needed to describe a current complication of the antenatal, delivery, or postnatal period.”
“Z37.0, Single live birth, is the only outcome of delivery code appropriate for use with O80.”
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