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ICD-10 diagnosis code

O68.8 Labour and delivery complicated by other evidence of fetal stress

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O68.8 is the ICD-10 code for Labour and delivery complicated by other 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 O68.8 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Evidence of fetal distress:
    • electrocardiographic
    • ultrasonic

O68.8 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

O68.8Värkarbete och förlossning komplicerade av andra specificerade tecken på fetal distress

NorwayICD-10-NO

O68.8Fødsel eller forløsning komplisert av annet spesifisert tegn på fosterstress

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DO688Fødsel kompliceret af andre tegn på asfyksi

  • DO688AFødsel kompliceret af mistanke om asfyksi påvist ved ultralydsundersøgelse
  • DO688BFødsel kompliceret af mistanke om asfyksi påvist ved STAN
FinlandICD-10-FI

O68.8Muuten todettu sikiön ahdinkotilanne (fetal distress) supistustoiminnan ja synnytyksen komplikaationa

GermanyICD-10-GM

O68.8Komplikationen bei Wehen und Entbindung durch fetalen Distress, mittels anderer Untersuchungsmethoden nachgewiesen

FranceICD-10-FR

O68.8Travail et accouchement compliqués d'autres signes de détresse fœtale

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

O68.8bevalling gecompliceerd door overige aanwijzingen voor 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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