O76

Abnormality in fetal heart rate and rhythm complicating labor and delivery

Inclusion Terms

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

Code First

None code first specified for this code.

Use Additional Code

None use additional code specified for this code.

Cannot Code Together

These codes cannot be used together with the current code, even if both conditions are present.

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

Can Code Together

These codes can be used together with the current code if both conditions are documented.

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