Infection of obstetric surgical wound, organ and space site

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2019 onwards.

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, organ and space site

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.

Carbunculus
Abscess > subphrenic > following an obstetrical procedure
Abscess > intra-abdominal > following procedure > obstetrical
Infection, infected, infective > obstetrical surgical wound > organ and space site

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
O86.00	Infection of obstetric surgical wound, unspecified	Valid
O86.01	Infection of obstetric surgical wound, superficial incisional site	Valid
O86.02	Infection of obstetric surgical wound, deep incisional site	Valid
O86.04	Sepsis following an obstetrical procedure	Valid
O86.09	Infection of obstetric surgical wound, other surgical site	Valid