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in fetal heart rate or rhythm (O76)
- fetal metabolic acidemia (O68)
Encounter for delivery (O80, O82)
O80 Encounter for full-term uncomplicated delivery
- Delivery requiring minimal or no assistance, with or without episiotomy, without fetal manipulation [e.g., rotation version] or instrumentation [forceps] of a spontaneous, cephalic, vaginal, full-term, single, live-born infant. This code is for use as a single diagnosis code and is not to be used with any other code from chapter 15. This code must be accompanied by a delivery code from the appropriate procedure classification.
- Use additional code to indicate outcome of delivery (Z37.0)
O82 Encounter for cesarean delivery without indication
- This code must be accompanied by a delivery code from the appropriate procedure classification.
- Use additional code to indicate outcome of delivery (Z37.0)
Complications predominantly related to the puerperium (O85-O92)
- Excludes2: mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53)
- obstetrical tetanus (A34)
- puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)
O85 Puerperal sepsis
- Includes: postpartum sepsis
- puerperal peritonitis
- puerperal pyemia
- Use additional code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent
- Excludes1: fever of unknown origin following delivery (O86.4)
- genital tract infection following delivery (O86.1-)
- obstetric pyemic and septic embolism (O88.3-)
- puerperal septic thrombophlebitis (O86.81)
- urinary tract infection following delivery (O86.2-)
- Excludes2: sepsis during labor (O75.3)
O86 Other puerperal infections
- Use additional code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent
- Excludes2: infection during labor (O75.3)
- obstetrical tetanus (A34)
- O86.0 Infection of obstetric surgical wound
- Infected cesarean delivery wound following delivery
- Infected perineal repair following delivery
- O86.
