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O69.4

O69.4: Labor and delivery complicated by vasa previa

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

O69.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for labor and delivery complicated by vasa previa. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

One of the following 7th characters is to be assigned to each code under category O69. 7th character 0 is for single gestations and multiple gestations where the fetus is unspecified. 7th characters 1 through 9 are for cases of multiple gestations to identify the fetus for which the code applies. The appropriate code from category O30, Multiple gestation, must also be assigned when assigning a code from category O69 that has a 7th character of 1 through 9.

0
not applicable or unspecified
1
fetus 1
2
fetus 2
3
fetus 3
4
fetus 4
5
fetus 5
9
other fetus

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Labor and delivery complicated by hemorrhage from vasa previa

Other codes that can never be billed with O69.4

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • O44.1Complete placenta previa with hemorrhage

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Vasa previa
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›vasa previa
  • Previa›vasa
  • Delivery›complicated›by›vasa previa

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead O69.4

7 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under O69

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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