2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

O68 Labor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-base balance

Billable
2016–2025

O68 is a billable/specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Labor and delivery complicated by abnormality of fetal acid-base balance.

Inclusion term

Fetal acidemia complicating labor and delivery
Fetal acidosis complicating labor and delivery
Fetal alkalosis complicating labor and delivery
Fetal metabolic acidemia complicating labor and delivery

Type 1 excludes

Fetal stress NOS (O77.9)
Labor and delivery complicated by electrocardiographic evidence of fetal stress (O77.8)
Labor and delivery complicated by ultrasonic evidence of fetal stress (O77.8)

Type 2 excludes

Abnormality in fetal heart rate or rhythm (O76)
Labor and delivery complicated by meconium in amniotic fluid (O77.0)

Versions

2025
No changes
2024
No changes
2023
No changes
2022
No changes
2021
No changes
2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
No changes
2016
New code