- O76 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM O76 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of O76 – other international versions of ICD-10 O76 may differ.
ICD-10-CM O76 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s):
- 998 Principal diagnosis invalid as discharge diagnosis
Applicable To
- 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)
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): No change
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2024 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to O76:
- depressed fetal heart tones > by
- heart rate or rhythm (abnormal) (non-reassuring) > fetal O68