O76Abnlt in fetal heart rate and rhythm comp labor and delivery
ICD-10-CM billable/specific code — part of Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
Coding Notes
Inclusion Terms
- Depressed fetal heart rate tones complicating labor and delivery
- Fetal bradycardia complicating labor and delivery
- Fetal heart rate decelerations complicating labor and delivery
- Fetal heart rate irregularity complicating labor and delivery
- Fetal heart rate abnormal variability complicating labor and delivery
- Fetal tachycardia complicating labor and delivery
- Non-reassuring fetal heart rate or rhythm complicating labor and delivery
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- 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)
Excludes2 (not part of this condition — may code both)
- fetal metabolic acidemia (O68)
- other fetal stress (O77.0-O77.1)