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O69 - Labor and delivery complicated by umbilical cord complications


The ICD 10 Code for Labor and delivery complicated by umbilical cord complications is listed as O69.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: O69
Description: Labor and delivery complicated by umbilical cord complications
  • One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to each code under category O69. 7th character 0 is for single gestations and multiple gestations where the fetus is unspecified. 7th characters 1 through 9 are for cases of multiple gestations to identify the fetus for which the code applies. The appropriate code from category O30, Multiple gestation, must also be assigned when assigning a code from category O69 that has a 7th character of 1 through 9.
  • 0 - not applicable or unspecified
  • 1 - fetus 1
  • 2 - fetus 2
  • 3 - fetus 3
  • 4 - fetus 4
  • 5 - fetus 5
  • 9 - other fetus
Chapter Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of O69:
O69.0 - Labor and delivery complicated by prolapse of cord
O69.1 - Labor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, with compression
O69.2 - Labor and delivery complicated by other cord entanglement, with compression
O69.3 - Labor and delivery complicated by short cord
O69.4 - Labor and delivery complicated by vasa previa
O69.5 - Labor and delivery complicated by vascular lesion of cord
O69.8 - Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications
O69.9 - Labor and delivery complicated by cord complication, unspecified