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O76 - Abnormality in fetal heart rate and rhythm complicating labor and delivery


The ICD 10 Code for Abnormality in fetal heart rate and rhythm complicating labor and delivery is listed as O76.
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: O76
Description: Abnormality in fetal heart rate and rhythm complicating labor and delivery
  • 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: 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: fetal metabolic acidemia (O68)
  • other fetal stress (O77.0-O77.1)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
781 - Other Antepartum Diagnoses W Medical Complications
782 - Other Antepartum Diagnoses W/o Medical Complications
Chapter Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 659.71 - Abnormality in fetal heart rate or rhythm, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition (approximate)