Other puerperal infections

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

O86.0 Infection of obstetric surgical wound (also a header)
O86.1 Other infection of genital tract following delivery (also a header)
O86.2 Urinary tract infection following delivery (also a header)
O86.4 Pyrexia of unknown origin following delivery
O86.8 Other specified puerperal infections (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other puerperal infections

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

Excludes2 - not included here

infection during labor (O75.3)
obstetrical tetanus (A34)

Use additional code

code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent

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.-)
puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)