ICD-10-CM code "O68": Labor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-base balance (2024)

Overview

ICD-10 CodeO68
DescriptionLabor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-base balance
Hierarchy
  1. Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  2. Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
  3. Labor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-base balance (O68)
Billable statusICD-10-CM Billable code

Excludes

  1. Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)

    Type 1supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)

    Type 2mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)

    Type 2obstetrical tetanus (A34)

    Type 2postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)

    Type 2puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)

  2. Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
  3. Labor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-base balance (O68)

    Type 1fetal stress NOS (O77.9)

    Type 1labor and delivery complicated by electrocardiographic evidence of fetal stress (O77.8)

    Type 1labor and delivery complicated by ultrasonic evidence of fetal stress (O77.8)

    Type 2abnormality in fetal heart rate or rhythm (O76)

    Type 2labor and delivery complicated by meconium in amniotic fluid (O77.0)

Includes

  1. Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  2. Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
  3. Labor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-base balance (O68)