ICD-10 diagnosis code
O68.1 Labour and delivery complicated by meconium in amniotic fluid
O68.1 is the ICD-10 code for Labour and delivery complicated by meconium in amniotic fluid. It is a four-character subcategory of O68 (Labour and delivery complicated by fetal stress [distress]), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block O60–O75 (Complications of labour and delivery) in Chapter XV, Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium.
- Code type
- Subcategory (4 characters)
- Chapter
- XV · O00–O99
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What O68.1 excludes
Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.
- with fetal heart rate anomaly O68.2
O68.1 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
O68.1Värkarbete och förlossning komplicerade av mekonium i fostervattnet
O68.1Fødsel eller forløsning med mekonium i fostervann
DO681Fødsel kompliceret af mekoniumfarvet fostervand
- DO681AFødsel kompliceret af tyk mekonium
O68.1Mekonium lapsivedessä supistustoiminnan ja synnytyksen komplikaationa
O68.1Komplikationen bei Wehen und Entbindung durch Mekonium im Fruchtwasser
O68.1Travail et accouchement compliqués de la présence de méconium dans le liquide
O68.1bevalling gecompliceerd door meconiumhoudend vruchtwater
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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