ICD-10-CM › O00-O9A › O85-O92 › O86.0 Infection of obstetric surgical wound › O86.00
O86.00
Infection of obstetric surgical wound, unspecified
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2019 to now.
- FY2019 Added to the code set Infection of obstetric surgical wound, unspecified
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)
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.
- Complication > delivery
- Complication > cesarean delivery wound NEC > infection
- Infection, infected, infective > cesarean delivery wound
- Complication > obstetric > surgical wound NEC > infection
- Infection, infected, infective > obstetrical surgical wound
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O86.01 | Infection of obstetric surgical wound, superficial incisional site | Valid |
| O86.02 | Infection of obstetric surgical wound, deep incisional site | Valid |
| O86.03 | Infection of obstetric surgical wound, organ and space site | Valid |
| O86.04 | Sepsis following an obstetrical procedure | Valid |
| O86.09 | Infection of obstetric surgical wound, other surgical site | Valid |