O74 ICD-10-CA category: Complications of anaesthesia during labour and delivery
O74 isn’t a code on its own. Choose one of the 50 codes beneath it, the one the documentation supports.
Official description
O74Complications of anaesthesia during labour and delivery
ICD-10-CA · Canada
Codes in O74
O74 isn’t a code on its own. Open the group that matches what the note documents.
O74.0Aspiration pneumonitis due to anaesthesia during labour and delivery (5 codes)O74.1Other pulmonary complications of anaesthesia during labour and delivery (5 codes)O74.2Cardiac complications of anaesthesia during labour and delivery (5 codes)O74.3Central nervous system complications of anaesthesia during labour and delivery (5 codes)O74.4Toxic reaction to local anaesthesia during labour and delivery (5 codes)O74.5Spinal and epidural anaesthesia-induced headache during labour and delivery (5 codes)O74.6Other complications of spinal and epidural anaesthesia during labour and delivery (5 codes)O74.7Failed or difficult intubation during labour and delivery (5 codes)O74.8Other complications of anaesthesia during labour and delivery (5 codes)O74.9Complication of anaesthesia during labour and delivery, unspecified (5 codes)Notes for O74
As CIHI prints them, with any note O74 takes from the headings above it.
Includes
- Maternal complications arising from the administration of a general or local anaesthetic, analgesic or other sedation during labour and delivery
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 O74 sits
- 1ChapterChapter 15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)
- 2Block O60-O75Complications of labour and delivery
- 3Category O74Complications of anaesthesia during labour and delivery
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 O74 a valid ICD-10-CA code?
No. O74 (Complications of anaesthesia during labour and delivery) is a category heading in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release. It holds 50 codes; record the one the documentation supports.
Where is O74 in ICD-10-CA?
O74 sits under O60-O75 Complications of labour and delivery, within Chapter 15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99).
What coding notes apply to O74?
ICD-10-CA lists Includes, Note, Excludes notes for O74, 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 O74
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]O69Labour and delivery complicated by umbilical cord complicationsO70Perineal laceration during deliveryO71Other obstetric traumaO72Postpartum haemorrhageO73Retained placenta and membranes, without haemorrhageO75Other complications of labour and delivery, not elsewhere classified