O86.0Infection of obstetric surgical wound

O86.0 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for infection of obstetric surgical wound. It belongs to category O86 (other puerperal infections), block O85-O92 (complications predominantly related to the puerperium) and chapter 15 (pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 6 subcodes must be used instead.

Within O86 (other puerperal infections), O86.0 is specifically for infection of obstetric surgical wound. Related codes cover other infection of genital tract following delivery (O86.1), urinary tract infection following delivery (O86.2), pyrexia of unknown origin following delivery (O86.4) and other specified puerperal infections (O86.8).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: O86.00 (unspecified), O86.01 (superficial incisional site), O86.02 (deep incisional site), O86.03 (organ and space site), O86.04 (procedure) and O86.09 (other surgical site).

Don't report O86.0 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified (T81.4-), postprocedural fever NOS (R50.82) and postprocedural retroperitoneal abscess (K68.11).

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

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015, and changed in FY2019 (expanded into subcodes).

Before ICD-10, this condition was coded in ICD-9-CM as 674.32 (other complications of obstetrical surgical wounds, delivered, with mention of postpartum complication) and 674.34 (other complications of obstetrical surgical wounds, postpartum condition or complication).