OTHER CONDITIONS ORIGINATING IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD (764-779)
The following fifth-digit subclassification is for use with category 764 and codes 765.0 and 765.1 to denote birthweight:
0 unspecified [weight]
1 less than 500 grams
2 500-749 grams
3 750-999 grams
4 1,000-1,249 grams
5 1,250-1,499 grams
6 1,500-1,749 grams
7 1,750-1,999 grams
8 2,000-2,499 grams
9 2,500 grams and over
768 Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia
Use only when associated with newborn morbidity classifiable elsewhere
Excludes:
acidemia NOS of newborn (775.81)
acidosis NOS of newborn (775.81)
cerebral ischemia NOS (779.2)
hypoxia NOS of newborn (770.88)
mixed metabolic and respiratory acidosis of newborn (775.81)
respiratory arrest of newborn (770.87)
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
Fetal metabolic acidemia before onset of labor, in liveborn infant
768.3: Fetal distress first noted during labor and delivery, in liveborn infant
Fetal metabolic acidemia first noted during labor and delivery, in liveborn infant
768.4: Fetal distress, unspecified as to time of onset, in liveborn infant
Fetal metabolic acidemia unspecified as to time of onset, in liveborn infant
768.5: Severe birth asphyxia
Birth asphyxia with neurologic involvement
Excludes:
hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) (768.70-768.73)
768.6: Mild or moderate birth asphyxia
Other specified birth asphyxia (without mention of neurologic involvement)
Excludes:
hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) (768.70-768.73)
768.7: Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
768.9: Unspecified birth asphyxia in liveborn infant
Anoxia NOS, in liveborn infant
Asphyxia NOS, in liveborn infant

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