ICD-10-CM Code For Encounter For Full-Term Uncomplicated Delivery: Group Overview

The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) code group O80 includes encounters for single liveborn deliveries at term without complications, covering uncomplicated full-term vaginal births. These ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes are used to document routine term deliveries, capturing the absence of maternal or fetal complications and uncomplicated peripartum status. Accurate coding within the ICD-10-CM O80 group supports proper claim adjudication.

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ICD-10-CM O80: Encounter For Full-Term Uncomplicated Delivery Overview

This code group represents encounters for mothers delivering a single full-term liveborn infant without complications related to the delivery. It targets obstetric care and the peripartum period and documents an uncomplicated, term vaginal delivery. Accurate coding matters for correct clinical records and appropriate reimbursement for routine delivery services.

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ICD-10-CM O80: Encounter For Full-Term Uncomplicated Delivery Overview

When to Use

Use a code from this group when the maternal delivery is a single full-term liveborn infant and there are no documented obstetric complications or abnormal labor findings. Do not use this group when complications, cesarean delivery, preterm birth, or multiple gestation are documented.

ICD-10-CM Codes

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ICD-10-CM Code	Description
O80	Encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery

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Typical Clinical Scenarios

A healthy woman at 39 weeks' gestation with no obstetric complications presents to the labor and delivery unit in spontaneous active labor after a full-term pregnancy. She progresses normally through labor, has a term singleton fetus in cephalic presentation, and delivers vaginally without maternal or neonatal complications. A code from this group is assigned to document an uncomplicated, full-term delivery encounter. Typical codes: O80.
A low-risk pregnant patient arrives for planned hospital admission in early labor for expected uncomplicated delivery at 40 weeks; fetal monitoring is reassuring and labor proceeds without induction or operative intervention, resulting in an uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal birth. The encounter is for management of a routine, full-term delivery with no maternal hypertension, diabetes, or fetal distress, so a code from this group is used for the delivery episode. Typical codes: O80.
A woman with an otherwise unremarkable pregnancy presents emergently with regular contractions and delivers a term infant in the emergency department without antecedent prenatal complications; both mother and newborn are stable with no postpartum hemorrhage or perineal laceration. The delivery is a full-term, uncomplicated event occurring outside the planned labor unit, and a code from this group documents the uncomplicated term delivery encounter. Typical codes: O80.

Related Codes

O82-ENCOUNTER-FOR-CESAREAN-DELIVERY

ICD-10-CM Code For Encounter For Cesarean Delivery Without Indication: Group Overview

Frequently Asked Questions

References

1.CPT® Codes and Descriptions. AAPC. Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.Maintains the CPT code set's official descriptions and guidelines, licensed from the American Medical Association, used as the definitional source for CPT codes on this page.
2.HCPCS Quarterly Update. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's quarterly release of HCPCS Level II codes and short/long descriptors, the source for HCPCS code definitions and update history.
3.ICD-10-CM Full Code List. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's complete ICD-10-CM diagnosis code list, used to cross-reference diagnosis codes associated with this procedure or service.

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When to Use

ICD-10-CM Codes

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ICD-10-CM Code	Description
O80	Encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery

DRG Codes

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DRG Code	Description
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Typical Clinical Scenarios

A healthy woman at 39 weeks' gestation with no obstetric complications presents to the labor and delivery unit in spontaneous active labor after a full-term pregnancy. She progresses normally through labor, has a term singleton fetus in cephalic presentation, and delivers vaginally without maternal or neonatal complications. A code from this group is assigned to document an uncomplicated, full-term delivery encounter. Typical codes: O80.
A low-risk pregnant patient arrives for planned hospital admission in early labor for expected uncomplicated delivery at 40 weeks; fetal monitoring is reassuring and labor proceeds without induction or operative intervention, resulting in an uncomplicated spontaneous vaginal birth. The encounter is for management of a routine, full-term delivery with no maternal hypertension, diabetes, or fetal distress, so a code from this group is used for the delivery episode. Typical codes: O80.
A woman with an otherwise unremarkable pregnancy presents emergently with regular contractions and delivers a term infant in the emergency department without antecedent prenatal complications; both mother and newborn are stable with no postpartum hemorrhage or perineal laceration. The delivery is a full-term, uncomplicated event occurring outside the planned labor unit, and a code from this group documents the uncomplicated term delivery encounter. Typical codes: O80.

Related Codes

O82-ENCOUNTER-FOR-CESAREAN-DELIVERY

ICD-10-CM Code For Encounter For Cesarean Delivery Without Indication: Group Overview

Frequently Asked Questions

References

1.CPT® Codes and Descriptions. AAPC. Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.Maintains the CPT code set's official descriptions and guidelines, licensed from the American Medical Association, used as the definitional source for CPT codes on this page.
2.HCPCS Quarterly Update. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's quarterly release of HCPCS Level II codes and short/long descriptors, the source for HCPCS code definitions and update history.
3.ICD-10-CM Full Code List. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's complete ICD-10-CM diagnosis code list, used to cross-reference diagnosis codes associated with this procedure or service.

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ICD-10-CM O80: Encounter For Full-Term Uncomplicated Delivery Overview

When to Use

ICD-10-CM Codes

DRG Codes

Typical Clinical Scenarios

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What does ICD-10-CM code group `O80` represent?

When should a coder assign the `O80` diagnosis code?

How does accurate coding of `O80` affect claims and reimbursement?

What clinical setting or period does `O80` target?

Are there other codes within this group besides `O80`?

References

When to Use

ICD-10-CM Codes

DRG Codes

Typical Clinical Scenarios

Related Codes

What does ICD-10-CM code group `O80` represent?

When should a coder assign the `O80` diagnosis code?

How does accurate coding of `O80` affect claims and reimbursement?

What clinical setting or period does `O80` target?

Are there other codes within this group besides `O80`?

References