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ICD-10-CM Code for Infection of obstetric surgical wound, deep incisional site O86.02

ICD-10 code O86.02 for Infection of obstetric surgical wound, deep incisional site is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium .

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Official Long Descriptor

Infection of obstetric surgical wound, deep incisional site
Intramuscular abscess following an obstetrical procedure
Sub-fascial abscess following an obstetrical procedure

O86.0

Excludes1: complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified (T81.4-)
postprocedural fever NOS (R50.82)
postprocedural retroperitoneal abscess (K68.11)

O86

Excludes2: infection during labor (O75.3)
obstetrical tetanus (A34)

Use additional code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent

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