ICD-10 diagnosis code
O68.3 Labour and delivery complicated by biochemical evidence of fetal stress
O68.3 is the ICD-10 code for Labour and delivery complicated by biochemical evidence of fetal stress. 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 O68.3 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- Abnormal fetal:
- acidaemia
- acid-base balance
O68.3 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
O68.3Värkarbete och förlossning komplicerade av biokemiska tecken på fetal distress
O68.3Fødsel eller forløsning komplisert av biokjemisk tegn på fosterstress
DO683Fødsel kompliceret af biokemiske tegn til fosteracidose
O68.3Biokemiallisesti todettu sikiön ahdinkotilanne (fetal distress) supistustoiminnan ja synnytyksen komplikaationa
O68.3Komplikationen bei Wehen und Entbindung durch fetalen Distress, biochemisch nachgewiesen
O68.3Travail et accouchement compliqués de signes biochimiques de détresse fœtale
O68.3bevalling gecompliceerd door biochemisch aangetoonde foetale nood
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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