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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 25.
Published in final edited form as: Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2013 Oct 10;27(6):542–552. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12082
Any hospital infection during pregnancy Includes all following ICD-10 codes
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (generally recognised as communicable or
 transmissible diseases)
A00-B99
Infections of genito-urinary tract in pregnancy O23
Maternal infectious and parasitic diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating
 pregnancy, childbirth, and the peurperium
O98
Infection of amniotic sac and membranes O41.1
All other hospital infections (eye, ear, central nervous system, upper airway,
 pneumonia, etc.)
See below table
Complete list of ‘all other infectionsȉ category:
Infection in the central nervous system G00-G02, G04-G07
Eye infections H00-H01, H03, H040, H043, H10, H16
Ear infections H60, H62, H65-H68, H70, H75
Upper airway infections J00-J06
Pneumonia and influenza J09-J18, J20-J22
Abscess in thorax J85-J86
Stomatitis, glossitis K12, K14
Appendicitis K35, K379
GI abscess K61
Peritonitis K650
Cholescystitis K810
Liver abscess K750
Skin infections L00-L08
Infections of joints (excluding common inflammatory) M00-M01
Infective myositis M600
Osteomyelitis M860-M862, M869
Kidney infections N10, N129
Cystitis N30
Genital infections N70-N77