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O68

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

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Hierarchy

  • O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • O60-O77 Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
      • O60 Preterm labor
      • O61 Failed induction of labor
      • O62 Abnormalities of forces of labor
      • O63 Long labor
      • O64 Obstructed labor due to malposition and malpresentation of fetus
      • O65 Obstructed labor due to maternal pelvic abnormality
      • O66 Other obstructed labor
      • O67 Labor and delivery complicated by intrapartum hemorrhage, not elsewhere classified
      • O68 Labor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-base balance
      • O69 Labor and delivery complicated by umbilical cord complications
      • O70 Perineal laceration during delivery
      • O71 Other obstetric trauma
      • O72 Postpartum hemorrhage
      • O73 Retained placenta and membranes, without hemorrhage
      • O74 Complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery
      • O75 Other complications of labor and delivery, not elsewhere classified
      • O76 Abnormality in fetal heart rate and rhythm complicating labor and delivery
      • O77 Other fetal stress complicating labor and delivery

Notes

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

Inclusion Terms

O68

  • 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

Use Additional

O00-O9A

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

Excludes 1

O68

  • fetal stress NOS (O77.9)
    • O77.9 Labor and delivery complicated by fetal stress, unspecified
  • labor and delivery complicated by electrocardiographic evidence of fetal stress (O77.8)
    • O77.8 Labor and delivery complicated by other evidence of fetal stress
  • labor and delivery complicated by ultrasonic evidence of fetal stress (O77.8)
    • O77.8 Labor and delivery complicated by other evidence of fetal stress

O00-O9A

  • supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
    • Z34 Encounter for supervision of normal pregnancy

Excludes 2

O68

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

O00-O9A

  • mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)
    • F53 Mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classified
  • A34 Obstetrical tetanus
  • postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)
  • M83.0 Puerperal osteomalacia