O70.2Non-billable (header)
Third degree perineal laceration during delivery
Inclusion Terms
- •Perineal laceration, rupture or tear during delivery as in O70.1, also involving anal sphincter
- •Perineal laceration, rupture or tear during delivery as in O70.1, also involving rectovaginal septum
- •Perineal laceration, rupture or tear during delivery as in O70.1, also involving sphincter NOS
✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)
- •anal sphincter tear during delivery without third degree perineal laceration (O70.4)
- •perineal laceration involving anal or rectal mucosa (O70.3)
Code Hierarchy
┌15Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)├O60-O77Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)├O70Perineal laceration during delivery
└O70.2Third degree perineal laceration during delivery
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