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O69.89X5 - Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 5
ICD-10-CM Chapter 15: Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium · O60-O77 Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77) · Subcategory of O69.89 · FY2027
7th character 5: fetus 5
Coding Guidance
7th character 5: fetus 5.
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom Chapter O00-O9A
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter O00-O9A
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- 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 CodeFrom Chapter O00-O9A
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
NotesFrom Chapter O00-O9A
Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- CODES FROM THIS CHAPTER ARE FOR USE ONLY ON MATERNAL RECORDS, NEVER ON NEWBORN RECORDS
- Codes from this chapter are for use for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth, or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)
- Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. They are defined as follows:
- 1st trimester- less than 14 weeks 0 days
- 2nd trimester- 14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
- 3rd trimester- 28 weeks 0 days until delivery
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Chapter Information
Other codes in O69.89
Codes at the same level as O69.89X5
- Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, not applicable or unspecifiedO69.89X0
- Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 1O69.89X1
- Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 2O69.89X2
- Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 3O69.89X3
- Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 4O69.89X4
- Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, other fetusO69.89X9