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O85

Puerperal sepsis

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Puerperal sepsis

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • fever of unknown origin following delivery (O86.4)
  • obstetric pyemic and septic embolism (O88.3-)
  • puerperal septic thrombophlebitis (O86.81)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • genital tract infection following delivery (O86.1-)
  • sepsis during labor (O75.3)
  • urinary tract infection following delivery (O86.2-)

Use additional code

  • code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent
  • code (R65.2-) to identify severe sepsis, if applicable

Also known as

  • Postpartum sepsis
  • Puerperal peritonitis
  • Puerperal pyemia

Inherited from the O85-O92 section Complications predominantly related to the puerperium (O85-O92)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)
  • obstetrical tetanus (A34)
  • puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.