ICD-10: O77.8

Labor and delivery complicated by other evidence of fetal stress

Clinical Information

Inclusion Terms

  • Labor and delivery complicated by ultrasonic evidence of fetal stress
  • Labor and delivery complicated by electrocardiographic evidence of fetal stress

Coding Guidelines

Excludes 1

  • abnormality in fetal heart rate or rhythm (O76)
  • fetal metabolic acidemia (O68)
  • abnormality of fetal acid-base balance (O68)

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