O69 ICD-10-CA category: Labour and delivery complicated by umbilical cord complications
O69 isn’t a code on its own. Choose one of the 24 codes beneath it, the one the documentation supports.
Official description
O69Labour and delivery complicated by umbilical cord complications
ICD-10-CA · Canada
Codes in O69
O69 isn’t a code on its own. Open the group that matches what the note documents.
O69.0Labour and delivery complicated by prolapse of cord (3 codes)O69.1Labour and delivery complicated by cord around neck, with compression (3 codes)O69.2Labour and delivery complicated by other cord entanglement, with compression (3 codes)O69.3Labour and delivery complicated by short cord (3 codes)O69.4Labour and delivery complicated by vasa praevia (3 codes)O69.5Labour and delivery complicated by vascular lesion of cord (3 codes)O69.8Labour and delivery complicated by other cord complications (3 codes)O69.9Labour and delivery complicated by cord complication, unspecified (3 codes)Notes for O69
As CIHI prints them, with any note O69 takes from the headings above it.
Excludes
Conditions classified elsewhere.
- Certain diseases or injuries complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium classified elsewhere:external causes (for mortality) (V,W,X,Y)injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88.1, T88.6-T98)mental and behavioural disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)obstetrical tetanus (A34)postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)supervision of:• high-risk pregnancy (Z35.-)• normal pregnancy (Z34.-)From Chapter 15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)
Note
- The codes included in this chapter are to be used for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)From Chapter 15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)
Where O69 sits
- 1ChapterChapter 15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)
- 2Block O60-O75Complications of labour and delivery
- 3Category O69Labour and delivery complicated by umbilical cord complications
Source and release
- Data release
- ICD-10-CA · FY 2026–2027
- Effective date
- Apr 1, 2026
- Publisher
- CIHI
This page is built from the ICD-10-CA catalog that Vero Codes reads when it suggests codes: Canadian Institute for Health Information’s FY 2026–2027 release, imported from the publisher’s file and checked against it. The description, notes and structured data come from the same record.
Frequently asked questions
Is O69 a valid ICD-10-CA code?
No. O69 (Labour and delivery complicated by umbilical cord complications) is a category heading in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release. It holds 24 codes; record the one the documentation supports.
Where is O69 in ICD-10-CA?
O69 sits under O60-O75 Complications of labour and delivery, within Chapter 15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99).
What coding notes apply to O69?
ICD-10-CA lists Note, Excludes notes for O69, including those from the headings it sits under. They are listed on this page with where each one comes from.
Which ICD-10-CA release does this page use?
It uses CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027. It is a reference: confirm the code against the current list and the payer’s rules before you submit it.
Codes beside O69
View O60-O75O60Preterm labour and deliveryO61Failed induction of labourO62Abnormalities of forces of labourO63Long labourO64Obstructed labour due to malposition and malpresentation of fetusO65Obstructed labour due to maternal pelvic abnormalityO66Other obstructed labourO67Labour and delivery complicated by intrapartum haemorrhage, not elsewhere classifiedO68Labour and delivery complicated by fetal stress [distress]O70Perineal laceration during deliveryO71Other obstetric traumaO72Postpartum haemorrhageO73Retained placenta and membranes, without haemorrhageO74Complications of anaesthesia during labour and deliveryO75Other complications of labour and delivery, not elsewhere classified