O68✓ Billable
Labor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-base balance
Labor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-…
Related Codes· Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
Inclusion Terms
✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)
- •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)
⚠ Excludes 2(Not included here)
- •abnormality in fetal heart rate or rhythm (O76)
- •labor and delivery complicated by meconium in amniotic fluid (O77.0)
Code Hierarchy
┌15Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)├O60-O77Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)├O68Labor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-base balance
└O68Labor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-…
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