O86.8 Other specified puerperal infections

Non-billable header with 2 child codes.

Applies 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

Codes under O86.8

• O86.81 Puerperal septic thrombophlebitis
• O86.89 Other specified puerperal infections

Code annotations containing back-references to O86.8

Back-references to O86

• Type 1 Excludes: N71 Inflammatory disease of uterus, except cervix ("infection of uterus following delivery (O85, O86.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: O75 Other complications of labor and delivery, not elsewhere classified ("puerperal (postpartum) infection (O86.-)")
• Type 2 Excludes: O98 Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium ("puerperal infection (O86.-)")

Nearby codes

• O86.20 Urinary tract infection following delivery, unspecified
• O86.21 Infection of kidney following delivery
• O86.22 Infection of bladder following delivery
• O86.29 Other urinary tract infection following delivery
• O86.4 Pyrexia of unknown origin following delivery
• O86.8 Other specified puerperal infections (this code)
• O86.81 Puerperal septic thrombophlebitis
• O86.89 Other specified puerperal infections