ICD-10 diagnosis code
O74 Complications of anaesthesia during labour and delivery
O74 is the ICD-10 code for Complications of anaesthesia during labour and delivery. It is a three-character category divided into 10 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. It belongs to the block O60–O75 (Complications of labour and delivery) in Chapter XV, Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium.
- Code type
- Category (3 characters)
- Chapter
- XV · O00–O99
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What O74 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- maternal complications arising from the administration of a general or local anaesthetic, analgesic or other sedation during labour and delivery
Subcodes of O74
- O74.0Aspiration pneumonitis due to anaesthesia during labour and delivery
- O74.1Other pulmonary complications of anaesthesia during labour and delivery
- O74.2Cardiac complications of anaesthesia during labour and delivery
- O74.3Central nervous system complications of anaesthesia during labour and delivery
- O74.4Toxic reaction to local anaesthesia during labour and delivery
- O74.5Spinal and epidural anaesthesia-induced headache during labour and delivery
- O74.6Other complications of spinal and epidural anaesthesia during labour and delivery
- O74.7Failed or difficult intubation during labour and delivery
- O74.8Other complications of anaesthesia during labour and delivery
- O74.9Complication of anaesthesia during labour and delivery, unspecified
O74 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
O74Komplikationer vid anestesi under värkarbete och förlossning
DO74Komplikationer til anæstesi ved fødsel
O74Supistustoiminnan ja synnytyksen aikaiset anestesiakomplikaatiot
O74Komplikationen bei Anästhesie während der Wehentätigkeit und bei der Entbindung
O74Complications de l'anesthésie au cours du travail et de l'accouchement
O74complicaties van anesthesie tijdens bevalling
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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