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O85 - Puerperal sepsis


The ICD 10 Code for Puerperal sepsis is listed as O85.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: O85
Description: Puerperal sepsis
  • Postpartum sepsis
  • Puerperal peritonitis
  • Puerperal pyemia
  • Use additional code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent
  • Use additional code (R65.2-) to identify severe sepsis, if applicable
  • 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)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)		 769 - Postpartum & Post Abortion Diagnoses W O.r. Procedure
774 - Vaginal Delivery W Complicating Diagnoses
776 - Postpartum & Post Abortion Diagnoses W/o O.r. Procedure
Chapter Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 670.22 - Puerperal sepsis, delivered, with mention of postpartum complication (approximate)
ICD 9 Dx Code: 670.24 - Puerperal sepsis, postpartum condition or complication (approximate)