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768.9 BIRTH ASPHYXIA NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 768.9

Short Description: Birth asphyxia NOS

Long Description: Unspecified severity of birth asphyxia in liveborn infant

Code Classification:

  • Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (760–779)
    • Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (764-779)
      • 768 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia
        • 768.9 Birth asphyxia NOS

This code is valid for newborn diagnoses

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 768.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Anoxia 799.02
    • newborn 768.9
      • mild or moderate 768.6
      • severe 768.5
  • Asphyxia, asphyxiation (by) 799.01
    • birth (see also Asphyxia, newborn) 768.9
    • caul (see also Asphyxia, newborn) 768.9
    • fetal, affecting newborn 768.9
    • mechanical 994.7
      • during birth (see also Distress, fetal) 768.9
    • newborn 768.9
      • with neurologic involvement 768.5
      • blue 768.6
      • livida 768.6
      • mild or moderate 768.6
      • pallida 768.5
      • severe 768.5
      • white 768.5
    • postnatal (see also Asphyxia, newborn) 768.9
      • mechanical 994.7
  • Caul over face 768.9
  • Congestion, congestive
    • asphyxia, newborn 768.9
  • Delay, delayed
    • primary respiration 768.9
  • Membrane, membranous - see also condition
    • over face (causing asphyxia), fetus or newborn 768.9
    • unruptured (causing asphyxia) 768.9
  • Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
    • respiratory (muscle) (system) (tract) 786.09
      • congenital 768.9
      • newborn 768.9
  • Stress 308.9
  • Veil
    • over face (causing asphyxia) 768.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 768.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
768.9 Right Arrow P84 Other problems with newborn
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
768.0 Fetal death from asphyxia or anoxia before onset of labor or at unspecified time
768.1 Fetal death from asphyxia or anoxia during labor
768.2 Fetal distress before onset of labor, in liveborn infant
768.3 Fetal distress first noted during labor and delivery, in liveborn infant
768.4 Fetal distress, unspecified as to time of onset, in liveborn infant
768.5 Severe birth asphyxia
768.6 Mild or moderate birth asphyxia
768.70 Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, unspecified
768.71 Mild hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
768.72 Moderate hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
768.73 Severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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