O69.5XX4 — Labor and delivery complicated by vascular lesion of cord, fetus 4
O69.5XX4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for labor and delivery complicated by vascular lesion of cord, fetus 4. It is valid for submission on a claim.
7th character "4" — fetus 4
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 cord bruising
- Labor and delivery complicated by cord hematoma
- Labor and delivery complicated by thrombosis of umbilical vessels
Risk adjustment
O69.5XX4 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O69.5. If O69.5XX4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- O69.5XX0Labor and delivery complicated by vascular lesion of cord, not applicable or unspecified
- O69.5XX1Labor and delivery complicated by vascular lesion of cord, fetus 1
- O69.5XX2Labor and delivery complicated by vascular lesion of cord, fetus 2
- O69.5XX3Labor and delivery complicated by vascular lesion of cord, fetus 3
- O69.5XX5Labor and delivery complicated by vascular lesion of cord, fetus 5
- O69.5XX9Labor and delivery complicated by vascular lesion of cord, other fetus
Questions about O69.5XX4
- Is O69.5XX4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O69.5XX4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O69.5XX4 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).