O68

Billable

ChapterO00–O9A

Rankcategory

Official Description

Labor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-base balance

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
•Chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium (O00-O9A).

CH15 Parent Instructions

Excludes1(Not coded here)

supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)

Excludes2(Not included here)

mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)
obstetrical tetanus (A34)
postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)
puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)

Use Additional Code

code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.

Instructional Notes

Includes

Fetal acidemia complicating labor and delivery
Fetal acidosis complicating labor and delivery
Fetal alkalosis complicating labor and delivery
Fetal metabolic acidemia complicating labor and delivery

Excludes1(Not coded here)

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)

Excludes2(Not included here)

abnormality in fetal heart rate or rhythm (O76)
labor and delivery complicated by meconium in amniotic fluid (O77.0)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH15Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)

O60-O77Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)

O68Labor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-base balance

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to O68:

chapterCH15

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to O68. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

8 raw paths

Delivery (childbirth) (labor)4 unique routes

complicated(4 variants)

by(4 variants)

fetal(4 variants)

abnormal acid-base balance→O68

acidemia→O68

acidosis→O68

alkalosis→O68

Pregnancy (single) (uterine)4 unique routes

complicated by (care of) (management affected by)(4 variants)

fetal (maternal care for)(4 variants)