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
O69.89 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.
How O69.89 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to O69.89.
- 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 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
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O69.8. If O69.89 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about O69.89
- Is O69.89 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. O69.89 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does O69.89 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).