O86.4: Pyrexia of unknown origin following delivery
You have a fever after the birth of your child.
Fever is when the body’s temperature increases. An elevated body temperature helps the immune system to combat pathogens. When fever occurs after the birth it may, for example, indicate an inflammatory disorder.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Source
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