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COMPLICATIONS OF THE PUERPERIUM (670-677)
Note: Categories 671 and 673-676 include the listed conditions even if they occur during pregnancy or childbirth.
The following fifth-digit subclassification is for use with categories 670-676 to denote the current episode of care:
0 unspecified as to episode of care or not applicable
1 delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition
2 delivered, with mention of postpartum complication
3 antepartum condition or complication
4 postpartum condition or complication | |
 | 670 Major puerperal infection
[0,2,4]
Requires fifth digit; valid digits are in [brackets] under each code. See beginning of section 670-676 for definitions.
Use 0 as fourth digit for category 670
Puerperal:
endometritis
fever (septic)
pelvic:
cellulitis
sepsis
peritonitis
pyemia
salpingitis
septicemia
Excludes: infection following abortion (639.0)
minor genital tract infection following delivery (646.6)
puerperal pyrexia NOS (672)
puerperal fever NOS (672)
puerperal pyrexia of unknown origin (672)
urinary tract infection following delivery (646.6) |
| 671 Venous complications in pregnancy and the puerperium
Requires fifth digit; valid digits are in [brackets] under each code. See beginning of section 670-676 for definitions. |
| 672 Pyrexia of unknown origin during the puerperium
[0,2,4]
Postpartum fever NOS
Puerperal fever NOS
Puerperal pyrexia NOS
Requires fifth digit; valid digits are in [brackets] under each code. See beginning of section 670-676 for definitions.
Use 0 as fourth digit for category 672
|
| 673 Obstetrical pulmonary embolism
Requires fifth digit; valid digits are in [brackets] under each code. See beginning of section 670-676 for definitions.
Includes: pulmonary emboli in pregnancy, childbirth, or the puerperium, or specified as puerperal
Excludes: embolism following abortion (639.6) |
| 674 Other and unspecified complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classified
Requires fifth digit; valid digits are in [brackets] under each code. See beginning of section 670-676 for definitions. |
| 675 Infections of the breast and nipple associated with childbirth
Requires fifth digit; valid digits are in [brackets] under each code. See beginning of section 670-676 for definitions.
Includes: the listed conditions during pregnancy, childbirth, or the puerperium |
| 676 Other disorders of the breast associated with childbirth and disorders of lactation
Requires fifth digit; valid digits are in [brackets] under each code. See beginning of section 670-676 for definitions.
Includes: the listed conditions during pregnancy, the puerperium, or lactation |
 eicd10 | 677 Late effect of complication of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium
Note: This category is to be used to indicate conditions in 632-648.9 and 651-676.9 as the cause of the late effect, themselves classifiable elsewhere. The "late effects" include conditions specified as such, or as sequelae, which may occur at any time after the puerperium.
Code first any sequelae |