ICD-10-CM code "O77.8": Labor and delivery complicated by other evidence of fetal stress (2024)

Overview

ICD-10 CodeO77.8
DescriptionLabor and delivery complicated by other evidence of fetal stress
Hierarchy
  1. Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  2. Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
  3. Other fetal stress complicating labor and delivery (O77)
  4. Labor and delivery complicated by other evidence of fetal stress (O77.8)
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. Other fetal stress complicating labor and delivery (O77)
  4. Labor and delivery complicated by other evidence of fetal stress (O77.8)

    Type 1abnormality of fetal acid-base balance (O68)

    Type 1abnormality in fetal heart rate or rhythm (O76)

    Type 1fetal metabolic acidemia (O68)

Includes

  1. Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  2. Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
  3. Other fetal stress complicating labor and delivery (O77)
  4. Labor and delivery complicated by other evidence of fetal stress (O77.8)