ICD-10: O76

Abnormality in fetal heart rate and rhythm complicating labor and delivery

Clinical Information

Inclusion Terms

  • Depressed fetal heart rate tones complicating labor and delivery
  • Non-reassuring fetal heart rate or rhythm complicating labor and delivery
  • Fetal heart rate irregularity complicating labor and delivery
  • Fetal tachycardia complicating labor and delivery
  • Fetal heart rate abnormal variability complicating labor and delivery
  • Fetal heart rate decelerations complicating labor and delivery
  • Fetal bradycardia complicating labor and delivery

Coding Guidelines

Excludes 1

  • labor and delivery complicated by ultrasonic evidence of fetal stress (O77.8)
  • labor and delivery complicated by electrocardiographic evidence of fetal stress (O77.8)
  • fetal stress NOS (O77.9)

Excludes 2

  • fetal metabolic acidemia (O68)
  • other fetal stress (O77.0-O77.1)

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