O71.6 is the ICD-10 code for Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments. It is a four-character subcategory of O71 (Other obstetric trauma), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block O60–O75 (Complications of labour and delivery) in Chapter XV, Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium.
- Code type
- Subcategory (4 characters)
- Chapter
- XV · O00–O99
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What O71.6 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- Avulsion of inner symphyseal cartilage
- obstetric
- Damage to coccyx
- obstetric
- Traumatic separation of symphysis (pubis)
- obstetric
O71.6 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
O71.6Obstetrisk skade på bekkenledd eller bekkenligament
DO716Fødselslæsion i bækkenets led eller ligamenter
- DO716AFødselslæsion i halebenet
- DO716BFødselslæsion i bækkenets led
- DO716CFødselslæsion i bækkenets ligamenter
- DO716DFødselslæsion med bækkensymfysiolyse
O71.6Synnytykseen liittyvä lantion nivelten ja siteiden vaurio
O71.6Schädigung von Beckengelenken und -bändern unter der Geburt
O71.6Lésions obstétricales intéressant les articulations et les ligaments pelviens
O71.6obstetrische beschadiging van bekkengewrichten en -ligamenten
O71.6Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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