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O86.01

Infection of obstetric surgical wound, superficial incisional site

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 13 never code together
O86code
Excludes2
  • infection during labor (O75.3)O75.3
  • obstetrical tetanus (A34)A34
O86.0code
Excludes1
  • complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified (T81.4-)T81.4-
  • postprocedural fever NOS (R50.82)R50.82
  • postprocedural retroperitoneal abscess (K68.11)K68.11
O85-O92block
Excludes2
  • mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)F53.-
  • obstetrical tetanus (A34)A34
  • puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)M83.0
O00-O9Achapter
Excludes1
  • supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)Z34.-
Excludes2
  • mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)F53.-
  • obstetrical tetanus (A34)A34
  • postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)E23.0
  • puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)M83.0

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 12
O86.01code
Inclusion terms
  • Subcutaneous abscess following an obstetrical procedure
  • Stitch abscess following an obstetrical procedure
O86.0code
Inclusion terms
  • Infected cesarean delivery wound following delivery
  • Infected perineal repair following delivery
O86code
Use additional code
  • code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agentB95-B97
O00-O9Achapter
Notes
  • CODES FROM THIS CHAPTER ARE FOR USE ONLY ON MATERNAL RECORDS, NEVER ON NEWBORN RECORDS
  • Codes from this chapter are for use for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth, or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)
  • Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. They are defined as follows:
  • 1st trimester- less than 14 weeks 0 days
  • 2nd trimester- 14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
  • 3rd trimester- 28 weeks 0 days until delivery
Use additional code
  • code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.Z3A
Index entries leading here 2
  • Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
    • stitch T81.41
      • following an obstetrical procedure O86.01
    • subcutaneous — see also Abscess, by site
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
    • obstetrical surgical wound (puerperal) O86.00
      • incisional site
Alongside this code 5 same parent — O86.0
O86.00 Infection of obstetric surgical wound, unspecified O86.02 Infection of obstetric surgical wound, deep incisional site O86.03 Infection of obstetric surgical wound, organ and space site O86.04 Sepsis following an obstetrical procedure O86.09 Infection of obstetric surgical wound, other surgical site
Additional references
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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
O86.0
Block
O85-O92
Siblings
5

Present FY2024–FY2027.