O80 Encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery

Billable

Block: Encounter for delivery (O80-O82)

Includes

  • Delivery requiring minimal or no assistance, with or without episiotomy, without fetal manipulation [e.g., rotation version] or instrumentation [forceps] of a spontaneous, cephalic, vaginal, full-term, single, live-born infant. This code is for use as a single diagnosis code and is not to be used with any other code from chapter 15.

Use Additional Code

  • code to indicate outcome of delivery (Z37.0)
This category is a complete, billable diagnosis code.

No additional specificity is required — submit O80 directly on claims and documentation without a subcode extension.

Last reviewed: September 2026