Chapter 15
O00–O9A: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium
Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium diagnostic classification updated for 2026.
Chapter Instructions
Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
Use Additional Code
- code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
- O69.81X0—
Labor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, without compression, not applicable or unspecified
- O69.82X0—
Labor and delivery complicated by other cord entanglement, without compression, not applicable or unspecified
- O69.82X9—
Labor and delivery complicated by other cord entanglement, without compression, other fetus
- O69.9XX0—
Labor and delivery complicated by cord complication, unspecified, not applicable or unspecified
