O64.8

Billable

ChapterO00–O9A

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Official Description

Obstructed labor due to other malposition and malpresentation

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).

Instructional Notes

Includes

Obstructed labor due to footling presentation
Obstructed labor due to incomplete breech presentation

General instructions are available for the parent sections:

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Clinical Hierarchy

CH15Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)

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

O64Obstructed labor due to malposition and malpresentation of fetus

O64.8Obstructed labor due to other malposition and malpresentation

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to O64.8:

chapterCH15

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to O64.8. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

8 raw paths

Breech presentation (mother)2 unique routes

footling

causing obstructed labor→O64.8

incomplete

causing obstructed labor→O64.8

Delivery (childbirth) (labor)4 unique routes

complicated(4 variants)

by(4 variants)

obstructed labor(4 variants)

due to(4 variants)

breech (complete) (frank) presentation

incomplete→O64.8

footling presentation→O64.8

malposition

specified NEC→O64.8

malpresentation

specified NEC→O64.8

Nonengagement1 unique routes

head NEC

in labor, causing obstructed labor→O64.8

Transverse1 unique routes

lie (mother)

causing obstructed labor→O64.8

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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