Infection of obstetric surgical wound

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Billable FY2016 to FY2018, and a category header from FY2019.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

O86.00 Infection of obstetric surgical wound, unspecified
O86.01 Infection of obstetric surgical wound, superficial incisional site
O86.02 Infection of obstetric surgical wound, deep incisional site
O86.03 Infection of obstetric surgical wound, organ and space site
O86.04 Sepsis following an obstetrical procedure
O86.09 Infection of obstetric surgical wound, other surgical site

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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Infection of obstetric surgical wound
FY2019 Stopped being billable

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.

Inherited from O86 Other puerperal infections

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)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
O86.1	Other infection of genital tract following delivery	Not billable
O86.2	Urinary tract infection following delivery	Not billable
O86.4	Pyrexia of unknown origin following delivery	Valid
O86.8	Other specified puerperal infections	Not billable