ICD-10-CM added several new codes for fiscal year 2019 to chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium (O00-09A) under subcategory O86 Other puerperal infections. To use these codes, you now need to know the depth of the post-procedural surgical site infection (SSI) and whether there is sepsis. The new SSI codes are: O86.00 Infection of […]
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