O69.1
Billable codeLabor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, with compression
The ICD-10 code for labor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, with compression is O69.1.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- labor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, without compression (O69.81)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- O69.0Labor and delivery complicated by prolapse of cord
- O69.2Labor and delivery complicated by other cord entanglement, with compression
- O69.3Labor and delivery complicated by short cord
- O69.4Labor and delivery complicated by vasa previa
- O69.5Labor and delivery complicated by vascular lesion of cord
- O69.8Labor and delivery complicated by other cord complicationsnon-billable header
- O69.9Labor and delivery complicated by cord complication, unspecified
- O69.1Labor and delivery complicated by cord around neck, with compression