ICD-10-CM › O00-O9A › O60-O77 › O69.89 Labor and delivery complicated by... › O69.89X4
Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 4
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2010 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2010 Added to the draft code set draft Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 4
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from O69 Labor and delivery complicated by umbilical cord complications
Seventh character required
- One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to each code under category O69. 7th character 0 is for single gestations and multiple gestations where the fetus is unspecified. 7th characters 1 through 9 are for cases of multiple gestations to identify the fetus for which the code applies. The appropriate code from category O30, Multiple gestation, must also be assigned when assigning a code from category O69 that has a 7th character of 1 through 9.
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Labor
- Childbirth
- Parturition
- Accouchement
- Complication > cord
- Malposition > fetus
- Presentation, fetal
- Delivery > obstructed
- Birth > complications in mother
- Delivery > complicated > by > tear
- Delivery > complicated > by > bleeding
- Delivery > complicated > by > perforation
- Delivery > complicated > by > metrorrhexis
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive > labor
- Delivery > complicated > by > disruptio uteri
- Pregnancy > complicated by > presentation, fetal
- Delivery > complicated > by > injury > nonobstetric > caused by abuse
- Delivery > complicated > by > malposition, malpresentation > without obstruction
- Malformation > umbilical cord NEC
- Tear, torn > umbilical cord > complicating delivery
- Rupture, ruptured > umbilical cord, complicating delivery
- Delivery > complicated > by > cord > complication > specified NEC
- Complication > umbilical cord NEC > complicating delivery > specified NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O69.89X0 | Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, not applicable or unspecified | Valid |
| O69.89X1 | Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 1 | Valid |
| O69.89X2 | Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 2 | Valid |
| O69.89X3 | Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 3 | Valid |
| O69.89X5 | Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 5 | Valid |
| O69.89X9 | Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, other fetus | Valid |