In simple words: Infection of a surgical wound related to childbirth, such as a C-section incision or an episiotomy repair.

Infection of obstetric surgical wound. This includes infection of cesarean section wounds and infection of perineal repair wounds.Use additional code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent.

Example 1: A patient develops an infection at her cesarean section incision site one week postpartum., A patient experiences pain, redness, and swelling at her episiotomy repair site three days postpartum, and an infection is diagnosed., A patient undergoes a cerclage placement during pregnancy, and the surgical site becomes infected two weeks later.

Documentation should include the location of the wound infection (e.g., cesarean incision, perineal repair), signs and symptoms of infection (e.g., redness, swelling, pain, purulent drainage), and any cultures taken to identify the causative organism. If a specific organism is identified, it should be coded with a B95-B97 code in addition to O86.0.

** Excludes1: complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified (T81.4-), postprocedural fever NOS (R50.82), postprocedural retroperitoneal abscess (K68.11). Excludes2: infection during labor (O75.3), obstetrical tetanus (A34).