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O77.8

Labor and delivery complicated by other evidence of fetal stress

Billable

Code Hierarchy

O77O77.8

Chapter: 15. Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Section: O60-O77 - Complications of labor and delivery

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Labor and delivery complicated by electrocardiographic evidence of fetal stress
  • Labor and delivery complicated by ultrasonic evidence of fetal stress

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with O77.8

  • O68 - abnormality of fetal acid-base balance (O68)
  • O76 - abnormality in fetal heart rate or rhythm (O76)
  • O68 - fetal metabolic acidemia (O68)

Related Codes

O77.0Billable

Labor and delivery complicated by meconium in amniotic fluid

O77.1Billable

Fetal stress in labor or delivery due to drug administration

O77.9Billable

Labor and delivery complicated by fetal stress, unspecified

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