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O86.0

Non-Billable (Header)

Infection of obstetric surgical wound

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified (T81.4-)
  • postprocedural fever NOS (R50.82)
  • postprocedural retroperitoneal abscess (K68.11)

Child Codes

O86.00Infection of obstetric surgical wound, unspecified
O86.01Infection of obstetric surgical wound, superficial incisional site
O86.02Infection of obstetric surgical wound, deep incisional site
O86.03Infection of obstetric surgical wound, organ and space site
O86.04Sepsis following an obstetrical procedure
O86.09Infection of obstetric surgical wound, other surgical site

Code Hierarchy

└O86Other puerperal infections└O86.0Infection of obstetric surgical wound
└O86.0Infection of obstetric surgical wound

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