O69.3

Billable

ChapterO00–O9A

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Official Description

Labor and delivery complicated by short cord

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).

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Clinical Hierarchy

CH15Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)

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

O69Labor and delivery complicated by umbilical cord complications

O69.3Labor and delivery complicated by short cord

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to O69.3:

chapterCH15

Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to O69.3. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

4 raw paths

Delivery (childbirth) (labor)1 unique routes

complicated

cord (umbilical)

short→O69.3

Excess, excessive, excessively1 unique routes

short

umbilical cord in labor or delivery→O69.3

Short, shortening, shortness2 unique routes

cord (umbilical), complicating delivery→O69.3

umbilical cord

complicating delivery→O69.3

MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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