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O77.8 - Labor and delivery complicated by other evidence of fetal stress


The ICD 10 Code for Labor and delivery complicated by other evidence of fetal stress is listed as O77.8.
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: O77.8
Description: Labor and delivery complicated by other evidence of fetal stress
  • Labor and delivery complicated by electrocardiographic evidence of fetal stress
  • Labor and delivery complicated by ultrasonic evidence of fetal stress
  • Excludes1: abnormality of fetal acid-base balance (O68)
  • abnormality in fetal heart rate or rhythm (O76)
  • fetal metabolic acidemia (O68)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
767 - Vaginal Delivery W Sterilization &/or D&c
768 - Vaginal Delivery W O.r. Proc Except Steril &/or D&c
774 - Vaginal Delivery W Complicating Diagnoses
775 - Vaginal Delivery W/o Complicating Diagnoses
Chapter Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
Block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
Parent O77 - Other fetal stress complicating labor and delivery
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 656.81 - Other specified fetal and placental problems, affecting management of mother, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of O77.8:
O77.0 - Labor and delivery complicated by meconium in amniotic fluid
O77.1 - Fetal stress in labor or delivery due to drug administration
O77.9 - Labor and delivery complicated by fetal stress, unspecified