O69.89: Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications
O69.89 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications. 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
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Malformation›umbilical cord NEC(complicating delivery)
- Rupture, ruptured›umbilical cord, complicating delivery
- Tear, torn›umbilical cord›complicating delivery
- Complication›umbilical cord NEC›complicating delivery›specified NEC
- Delivery›complicated›by›cord›complication›specified NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead O69.89
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- O69.89X0Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, not applicable or unspecified
- O69.89X1Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 1
- O69.89X2Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 2
- O69.89X3Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 3
- O69.89X4Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 4
- O69.89X5Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, fetus 5
- O69.89X9Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complications, other fetus