ICD-10-CM › O00-O9A › O85-O92 › O86 Other puerperal infections › O86.1

O86.1

Other infection of genital tract following delivery

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • O86.11 Cervicitis following delivery
  • O86.12 Endometritis following delivery
  • O86.13 Vaginitis following delivery
  • O86.19 Other infection of genital tract following delivery

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 Other infection of genital tract following delivery
  2. FY2010 Removed from the draft draft
  3. FY2012 Returned to the draft draft

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
O86.0 Infection of obstetric surgical wound 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