ICD-10-CM 2027
ICD-10 code for arrest
Choose a code from the options below based on the documentation.
From the official ICD-10-CM alphabetic index entry “Arrest, arrested”. Page updated September 29, 2026.
About coding arrest
The official ICD-10-CM index doesn't give a single default code for arrest; the code depends on the details below.
More specific arrest codes (official index)
- cardiac I46.9 — Cardiac arrest, cause unspecified
- complicating
- abortion
- anesthesia (general) (local) or other sedation
- in labor and delivery O74.2 — Cardiac complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery
- in pregnancy O29.11 — Cardiac arrest due to anesthesia during pregnancy
- postpartum, puerperal O89.1 — Cardiac complications of anesthesia during the puerperium
- delivery (cesarean) (instrumental) O75.4 — Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures
- due to
- cardiac condition I46.2 — Cardiac arrest due to underlying cardiac condition
- specified condition NEC I46.8 — Cardiac arrest due to other underlying condition
- intraoperative I97.71 — Intraoperative cardiac arrest
- newborn P29.81 — Cardiac arrest of newborn
- personal history, successfully resuscitated Z86.74 — Personal history of sudden cardiac arrest
- postprocedural I97.12 — Postprocedural cardiac arrest
- obstetric procedure O75.4 — Other complications of obstetric surgery and procedures
- cardiorespiratory
- circulatory
- deep transverse O64.0 — Obstructed labor due to incomplete rotation of fetal head
- development or growth
- bone
- child R62.50 — Unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood
- tracheal rings Q32.1 — Other congenital malformations of trachea
- epiphyseal
- complete
- femur M89.15 — Physeal arrest, femur
- humerus M89.12 — Physeal arrest, humerus
- tibia M89.16 — Physeal arrest, lower leg
- ulna M89.13 — Physeal arrest, forearm
- forearm M89.13 — Physeal arrest, forearm
- specified NEC M89.13 — Physeal arrest, forearm
- ulna
- lower leg M89.16 — Physeal arrest, lower leg
- specified NEC M89.168 — Other physeal arrest of lower leg
- tibia
- partial
- femur M89.15 — Physeal arrest, femur
- humerus M89.12 — Physeal arrest, humerus
- tibia M89.16 — Physeal arrest, lower leg
- ulna M89.13 — Physeal arrest, forearm
- specified NEC M89.18 — Physeal arrest, other site
- granulopoiesis
- growth plate
- heart
- legal, anxiety concerning Z65.3 — Problems related to other legal circumstances
- physeal
- respiratory R09.2 — Respiratory arrest
- newborn P28.81 — Respiratory arrest of newborn
- sinus I45.5 — Other specified heart block
- spermatogenesis (complete)
- incomplete
- transverse (deep) O64.0 — Obstructed labor due to incomplete rotation of fetal head
Common questions about arrest ICD-10 codes
What is the ICD-10 code for cardiac arrest?
- I46.9 — Cardiac arrest, cause unspecified.
What is the ICD-10 code for deep transverse arrest?
- O64.0 — Obstructed labor due to incomplete rotation of fetal head (header code; choose a more specific subcode).
What is the ICD-10 code for respiratory arrest?
- R09.2 — Respiratory arrest.
What is the ICD-10 code for sinus arrest?
- I45.5 — Other specified heart block.
What is the ICD-10 code for transverse arrest?
- O64.0 — Obstructed labor due to incomplete rotation of fetal head (header code; choose a more specific subcode).