O75.0 Maternal distress during labor and delivery

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applies from O75 Other complications of labor and delivery, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2 (not included here)

• puerperal (postpartum) infection (O86.-)
• puerperal (postpartum) sepsis (O85)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 998 in MDC 14.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 669.01 Maternal distress complicating labor and delivery, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition (approximate)
• 669.02 Maternal distress complicating labor and delivery, delivered, with mention of postpartum complication (approximate)
• 669.04 Maternal distress complicating labor and delivery, postpartum condition or complication (approximate)

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Maternity diagnoses (age 9 through 64): Age conflict edit. These diagnoses are clinically expected only in patients age 9 through 64.

Diagnosis Index entries for O75.0

• Distress › maternal, during labor and delivery

Nearby codes

• O75 Other complications of labor and delivery, not elsewhere classified
• O75.0 Maternal distress during labor and delivery (this code)
• O75.1 Shock during or following labor and delivery
• O75.2 Pyrexia during labor, not elsewhere classified
• O75.3 Other infection during labor
• O75.4 Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures
• O75.5 Delayed delivery after artificial rupture of membranes