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O86.4

Pyrexia of unknown origin following delivery

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Pyrexia of unknown origin 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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
O86.0 Infection of obstetric surgical wound Not billable
O86.1 Other infection of genital tract following delivery Not billable
O86.2 Urinary tract infection following delivery Not billable
O86.8 Other specified puerperal infections Not billable