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Puerperal sepsis (O85)
Official text from the FY2027 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The wording is quoted exactly.
Guidelines I.C.15.k
“Code O85, Puerperal sepsis, should be assigned with a secondary code to identify the causal organism”
“A code from category A40, Streptococcal sepsis, or A41, Other sepsis, should not be used for puerperal sepsis.”
“Code O85 should not be assigned for sepsis following an obstetrical procedure”
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