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O68
Billable

Labor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-base balance

Chapter 15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Inclusion Terms

4 items
  • Fetal acidemia complicating labor and delivery
  • Fetal acidosis complicating labor and delivery
  • Fetal alkalosis complicating labor and delivery
  • Fetal metabolic acidemia complicating labor and delivery

Excludes1

3 items
  • fetal stress NOS (O77.9)
  • labor and delivery complicated by electrocardiographic evidence of fetal stress (O77.8)
  • labor and delivery complicated by ultrasonic evidence of fetal stress (O77.8)

Excludes2

2 items
  • abnormality in fetal heart rate or rhythm (O76)
  • labor and delivery complicated by meconium in amniotic fluid (O77.0)

Billable Code

O68 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

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Labor and delivery complicated by fetal stress

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Parent Codes Referenced:

Excludes1

1 item

From O00-O9A:

  • supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)

Excludes2

4 items

From O00-O9A:

  • mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)
  • obstetrical tetanus (A34)
  • postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)
  • puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From O00-O9A:

  • code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.

Notes

6 items

From O00-O9A:

  • CODES FROM THIS CHAPTER ARE FOR USE ONLY ON MATERNAL RECORDS, NEVER ON NEWBORN RECORDS
  • Codes from this chapter are for use for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth, or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)
  • Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. They are defined as follows:
  • 1st trimester- less than 14 weeks 0 days
  • 2nd trimester- 14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
  • 3rd trimester- 28 weeks 0 days until delivery
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