P03.6 ICD-10-CA code: Fetus and newborn affected by abnormal uterine contractions
P03.6 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Fetus and newborn affected by abnormal uterine contractions” in CIHI’s FY 2026–2027 release, in effect from Apr 1, 2026.
Official description
P03.6Fetus and newborn affected by abnormal uterine contractions
Short description: Fetus newborn aff abn uterine contrctn
ICD-10-CA · Canada · Also written P036
Index terms
Entries in CIHI’s alphabetical index that lead to P03.6. Searching the index by the condition the note names is how coders reach this code.
- Ring(s), Bandl's, fetus or newborn
- Inertia, uterus, affecting fetus or newborn
- Labor, desultory, affecting fetus or newborn
- Labor, hypotonic, affecting fetus or newborn
- Labor, irregular, affecting fetus or newborn
- Labor, hypertonic, affecting fetus or newborn
- Labor, abnormal NEC, affecting fetus or newborn
- Labor, incoordinate, affecting fetus or newborn
- Labor, dyscoordinate, affecting fetus or newborn
- Dystocia, uterine NEC, affecting fetus or newborn
- Poor, contractions, labor, affecting fetus or newborn
- Dystocia, contraction ring, affecting fetus or newborn
- Labor, arrested active phase, affecting fetus or newborn
- Constriction, ring dystocia (uterus), affecting fetus or newborn
- Arrest, arrested, active phase of labor, affecting fetus or newborn
- Prolonged, uterine contractions in labor, affecting fetus or newborn
- Ring(s), retraction, uterus, pathological, affecting fetus or newborn
- Dysfunction, uterus, complicating delivery, affecting fetus or newborn
- Atonia, atony, atonic, uterus, during labor, affecting fetus or newborn
- Ring(s), contraction, complicating delivery, affecting fetus or newborn
- Failure, failed, cervical dilatation in labor, affecting fetus or newborn
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, labor NEC, affecting fetus or newborn
- Bandl's ring (contraction), complicating delivery, affecting fetus or newborn
- Retraction, ring, uterus (Bandl's) (pathological), affecting fetus or newborn
- Dilatation, cervix (uteri), incomplete, poor, slow, affecting fetus or newborn
- Dystocia, cervical (failure of cervical dilatation), affecting fetus or newborn
- Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, forces of labor, affecting fetus or newborn
- Spasm(s), spastic, spasticity, uterus, complicating labor, affecting fetus or newborn
- Contraction, contracture, contracted, uterus, abnormal NEC, affecting fetus or newborn
- Spasm(s), spastic, spasticity, cervix, complicating delivery, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), ring(s), Bandl's, fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), labor, desultory, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), labor, hypotonic, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), labor, irregular, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), labor, hypertonic, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), labor, abnormal NEC, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), labor, incoordinate, affecting fetus or newborn
- Contraction, contracture, contracted, ring (Bandl's) (complicating delivery), affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), labor, dyscoordinate, affecting fetus or newborn
- Contraction, contracture, contracted, hourglass, uterus (complicating delivery), affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), poor, contractions, labor, affecting fetus or newborn
- Incoordinate, incoordination, uterus (action) (contractions) (complicating delivery), affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), labor, arrested active phase, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), dystocia, uterine NEC, maternal, affecting fetus or newborn
- Hypertony, hypertonia, hypertonicity, uterus, uterine (contractions) (complicating delivery), affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), constriction, ring dystocia (uterus), affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), dystocia, contraction ring, maternal, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), inertia uterus, uterine during labor, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), arrest, arrested, active phase of labor, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), dyfunction uterus, complicating delivery, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), dystocia, cervical, maternal (hypotonic), affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), prolonged, uterine contractions in labor, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), ring(s), retraction, uterus, pathological, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), ring(s), contraction, complicating delivery,affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), failure, failed, cervical dilatation in labor, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, labor NEC, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), Bandl's ring (contraction), complicating delivery, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), retraction, ring, uterus (Bandl's) (pathological), affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities, forces of labor affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), atonia, atony, atonic, uterus, maternal, during labor, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), dilatation cervix (uteri), maternal, incomplete, poor, slow, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), spasm(s), spastic, spasticity, uterus, maternal, complicating labor, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), contraction, contracture, contracted, uterus, maternal, abnormal NEC, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), spasm(s), spastic, spasticity, cervix, maternal, complicating delivery, affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), contraction, contracture, contracted, ring (Bandl's) (complicating delivery), affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), contraction, contracture, contracted, hourglass uterus (complicating delivery), affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), incoordinate, incoordination, uterus (action) (contractions) (complicating delivery), affecting fetus or newborn
- Condition, conditions (arising in the perinatal period), hypertony, hypertonia, hypertonicity, uterus, uterine (contractions) (complicating delivery), affecting fetus or newborn
Notes for P03.6
As CIHI prints them, with any note P03.6 takes from the headings above it.
Includes
- Fetus or newborn affected by conditions classifiable to O62.-, except O62.3Hypertonic labourUterine inertia
- The listed maternal conditions only when specified as a cause of mortality or morbidity in fetus or newbornFrom P00-P04 Fetus and newborn affected by maternal factors and by complications of pregnancy, labour and delivery
- Conditions that have their origin in the perinatal period even though death or morbidity occurs laterFrom Chapter 16: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
Excludes
Conditions classified elsewhere.
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)neoplasms (C00-D48)tetanus neonatorum (A33)whooping cough (A37.-)From Chapter 16: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
Where P03.6 sits
- 1ChapterChapter 16: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
- 2Block P00-P04Fetus and newborn affected by maternal factors and by complications of pregnancy, labour and delivery
- 3Category P03Fetus and newborn affected by other complications of labour and delivery
- 4Valid code P03.6Fetus and newborn affected by abnormal uterine contractions
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
What does ICD-10-CA code P03.6 mean?
P03.6 is the ICD-10-CA code for “Fetus and newborn affected by abnormal uterine contractions” in CIHI’s ICD-10-CA FY 2026–2027 release.
Where is P03.6 in ICD-10-CA?
P03.6 sits under P03 Fetus and newborn affected by other complications of labour and delivery, within P00-P04 Fetus and newborn affected by maternal factors and by complications of pregnancy, labour and delivery, within Chapter 16: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96).
What coding notes apply to P03.6?
ICD-10-CA lists Includes, Excludes notes for P03.6, 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 P03.6
View P03P03.0Fetus and newborn affected by breech delivery and extractionP03.1Fetus and newborn affected by other malpresentation, malposition and disproportion during labour and deliveryP03.2Fetus and newborn affected by forceps deliveryP03.3Fetus and newborn affected by delivery by vacuum extractor [ventouse]P03.4Fetus and newborn affected by caesarean deliveryP03.5Fetus and newborn affected by precipitate deliveryP03.8Fetus and newborn affected by other specified complications of labour and deliveryP03.9Fetus and newborn affected by complication of labour and delivery, unspecified