AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2018 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-CM Codes

Infection of Obstetric Surgical Wound

Subcategory O86.0, Infection of obstetric surgical wound, was expanded and new codes created to describe obstetric surgical wounds according to the depth: Infection of obstetrical surgical wound, unspecified (O86.00); Infection of obstetric surgical wound, superficial incisional site (O86.01); Infection of obstetric surgical wound, deep incisional site (O86.02); Infection of obstetric surgical wound, organ and space site (O86.03); Sepsis following an obstetrical procedure (O86.04); and Infection of obstetric surgical wound, other surgical site (O86.09). These codes are assigned based on the provider’s documentation of a postoperative obstetrical wound infection (surgical site infection)...

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