Concept
Disruption of surgical wound during the same hospital stay or an obstetric wound during the delivery episode of care.
Selection criteria
Code
Condition
O90.002
O90.102
Identified as diagnosis type (M), (1), (2), (W), (X) or (Y)
T81.3
T81.83*
Identified as diagnosis type (2) AND Y60–Y84 in the same diagnosis cluster
Codes
Code descriptions
Disruption of Caesarean section wound, delivered with mention of postpartum complication
Disruption of perineal obstetric wound, delivered with mention of postpartum complication
Disruption of operation wound, not elsewhere classified
Postoperative leak
Additional codes
Inclusions
Y60-Y84
Complications of medical and surgical care (refer to Appendix A) of the Hospital Harm Indicator General Methodology Notes
*Applicable to DAD abstracts from fiscal year 2015-2016 onward.