Venous complications and hemorrhoids in the puerperium (O87)

Instructional Notations

Includes Includes
This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category.

  • venous complications in labor, delivery and the puerperium

Type 2 Excludes Type 2 Excludes
A type 2 excludes note represents "Not included here". An excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When an Excludes2 note appears under a code, it is acceptable to use both the code and the excluded code together, when appropriate.

  • obstetric embolism O88
  • puerperal septic thrombophlebitis O86.81
  • venous complications in pregnancy O22