763.2 FORCEPS DELIVERY AFF NB


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 763.2

Short Description: Forceps delivery aff NB

Long Description: Forceps delivery affecting fetus or newborn

Code Classification:

  • Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (760–779)
    • Maternal causes of perinatal morbidity and mortality (760-763)
      • 763 Fetus or newborn affected by other complications of labor and delivery
        • 763.2 Forceps delivery aff NB

This code is valid for newborn diagnoses

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 763.2 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Birth
    • forceps, affecting fetus or newborn 763.2
    • instrumental, NEC, affecting fetus or newborn 763.2
  • Delivery
    • forceps NEC 669.5
      • affecting fetus or newborn 763.2
  • Forceps
    • delivery NEC 669.5
      • affecting fetus or newborn 763.2

Crosswalk Information

The code 763.2 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
763.2 Right Arrow P03.2 Newborn affected by forceps delivery
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
763.0 Breech delivery and extraction affecting fetus or newborn
763.1 Other malpresentation, malposition, and disproportion during labor and delivery affecting fetus or newborn
763.3 Delivery by vacuum extractor affecting fetus or newborn
763.4 Cesarean delivery affecting fetus or newborn
763.5 Maternal anesthesia and analgesia affecting fetus or newborn
763.6 Precipitate delivery affecting fetus or newborn
763.7 Abnormal uterine contractions affecting fetus or newborn
763.81 Abnormality in fetal heart rate or rhythm before the onset of labor
763.82 Abnormality in fetal heart rate or rhythm during labor
763.83 Abnormality in fetal heart rate or rhythm, unspecified as to time of onset
763.84 Meconium passage during delivery
763.89 Other specified complications of labor and delivery affecting fetus or newborn
763.9 Unspecified complication of labor and delivery affecting fetus or newborn


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