O96Death from any obstetric cause occurring more than 42 days but less than one year after delivery
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
Select a more specific code
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Do not use O96 directly
Use the most specific code supported by the record.
- Chapter XV
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- Group O94-O99
- Other obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified
- Official Vietnamese name
- Tử vong vì bất kỳ nguyên nhân sản khoa nào xảy ra trên 42 ngày và dưới 1 năm sau đẻ
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- puerperium This category is to be used to indicate death from any obstetric cause (conditions in categories O00-O75, O85-O92, and O98-O99 occurring more than 42 days but less than one year after delivery. Use additional code, if desired, to identify obstetric cause (direct or indirect) of death. Excl.: conditions specified as sequelae or late effects of obstetric causes that are not resulting in death (O94) death from conditions specified as sequelae or late effects of obstetric causes (O97.-)
Related O96 codes
O96.0
Death from direct obstetric cause occurring more than 42 days but less than one year after delivery
O96.1
Death from indirect obstetric cause occurring more than 42 days but less than one year after delivery
O96.9
Death from unspecified obstetric cause occurring more than 42 days but less than one year after delivery
Clinical record checklist
View coding guide →- Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
- Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
- Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
- Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.
2026 regulatory basis
Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.
