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ICD-10-CM Code for Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage O72.1

ICD-10 code O72.1 for Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium .

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Other immediate postpartum hemorrhage
Hemorrhage following delivery of placenta
Postpartum hemorrhage (atonic) NOS
Uterine atony with hemorrhage
Excludes1: uterine atony NOS (O62.2)
uterine atony without hemorrhage (O62.2)
postpartum atony of uterus without hemorrhage (O75.89)

O72

Includes: hemorrhage after delivery of fetus or infant

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