2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

O76 Abnormality in fetal heart rate and rhythm complicating labor and delivery

Billable
2016–2025

O76 is a billable/specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Abnormality in fetal heart rate and rhythm complicating labor and delivery.

Inclusion term

Depressed fetal heart rate tones complicating labor and delivery
Fetal bradycardia complicating labor and delivery
Fetal heart rate decelerations complicating labor and delivery
Fetal heart rate irregularity complicating labor and delivery
Fetal heart rate abnormal variability complicating labor and delivery
Fetal tachycardia complicating labor and delivery
Non-reassuring fetal heart rate or rhythm 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

Fetal metabolic acidemia (O68)
Other fetal stress (O77.0-O77.1)

Versions

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