ICD-10-CM › O00-O9A › O85-O92 › O86.1 Other infection of genital tract... › O86.12
Endometritis following delivery
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 2010 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.
- FY2010 Added to the draft code set draft Endometritis following delivery
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.
- Cicatrix
- Metritis
- Phagedena
- Sloughing
- Sphacelus
- Postpartum
- Puerperium
- Sialorrhea
- Anteflexion
- Myometritis
- Perimetritis
- Itch, itching
- Mortification
- Pinpoint > os
- Metrovaginitis
- Endomyometritis
- Septic > uterus
- Necrosis, necrotic
- Phlebitis > uterus
- Stricture > vagina
- Anteversion > cervix
- Stricture > os uteri
- Pregnancy > high-risk
- Pemphigus > gangrenous
- Cellulitis > gangrenous
- Supervision > pregnancy
- Abscess > uterus, uterine
- Complication > puerperium
- Disease, diseased > renal
- Occlusion, occluded > cervix
- Disease, diseased > puerperal
- Gangrene, gangrenous > uterus
- Dropsy, dropsical > gangrenous
- Pregnancy > normal > high-risk
- Stricture > uterus, uterine > os
- Pyometra, pyometrium, pyometritis
- Supervision > high-risk pregnancy
- Suppuration, suppurative > uterus
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > metritis
- Pregnancy > examination > high-risk
Showing 40 of 63 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O86.11 | Cervicitis following delivery | Valid |
| O86.13 | Vaginitis following delivery | Valid |
| O86.19 | Other infection of genital tract following delivery | Valid |