O47

ICD-10Non-billable category

False labor

Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)

False labor

O47 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.

Includes

  • Braxton Hicks contractions
  • threatened labor

Excludes1

Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.

  • preterm labor (O60.-)

More specific codes under O47

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Source

ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.

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