O77.8
ICD-10BillableLabor and delivery comp by oth evidence of fetal stress
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Labor and delivery complicated by other evidence of fetal stress
O77.8 is valid for submission on a claim — CMS flags it as a billable, specific code.
Inclusion terms
- Labor and delivery complicated by electrocardiographic evidence of fetal stress
- Labor and delivery complicated by ultrasonic evidence of fetal stress
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- abnormality of fetal acid-base balance (O68)
- abnormality in fetal heart rate or rhythm (O76)
- fetal metabolic acidemia (O68)
Related codes in O77
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- O77
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.