ICD-9 Diagnosis Code 659.13
Fail induct NOS-antepart
Diagnosis Code 659.13
ICD-9: 659.13
Short Description: Fail induct NOS-antepart
Long Description: Failed medical or unspecified induction of labor, antepartum condition or complication
This is the 2014 version of the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 659.13
Code Classification
Short Description: Fail induct NOS-antepart
Long Description: Failed medical or unspecified induction of labor, antepartum condition or complication
This is the 2014 version of the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 659.13
Code Classification
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Complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (630–679)
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Normal delivery, and other indications for care in pregnancy, labor, and delivery (650-659)
- 659 Other indications for care or intervention related to labor and delivery and not elsewhere classified
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Normal delivery, and other indications for care in pregnancy, labor, and delivery (650-659)
Information for Medical Professionals
Code Edits
The following edits are applicable to this code:
Maternity diagnoses (age 12 through 55)


Maternity diagnoses: Age range is 12–55 years inclusive.
Convert to ICD-10


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- O61.0 - Failed medical induction of labor (approximate)
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Information for Patients
Childbirth Problems
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While childbirth usually goes well, complications can happen. They can cause a risk to the mother, baby, or both. Possible complications include
- Preterm (premature) labor, when labor starts before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy
- Problems with the umbilical cord
- Problems with the position of the baby, such as breech, in which the baby is going to come out feet first
- Birth injuries
For some of these problems, the baby may need to be delivered surgically by a Cesarean section.
- Assisted delivery with forceps
- Brachial plexus injury in newborns
- Breech birth
- Caput succedaneum
- Fractured clavicle in the newborn
- Meconium aspiration syndrome
- Placenta previa
- Premature rupture of membranes
- Sheehan syndrome
- Vacuum-assisted delivery
- When you pass your due date
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