O70.3✓ Billable
Fourth degree perineal laceration during delivery
Inclusion Terms
- •Perineal laceration, rupture or tear during delivery as in O70.2, also involving anal mucosa
- •Perineal laceration, rupture or tear during delivery as in O70.2, also involving rectal mucosa
Also Indexed As(ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index)
These clinical terms, synonyms, and manifestations all map to O70.3 in the official ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index.
Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, laceration (perineal), anus (sphincter), with third degree laceration, with mucosaDelivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, laceration (perineal), perineum, perineal, fourth degreeDelivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, laceration (perineal), rectovaginal (septum) (without perineal laceration), with perineum, with anal or rectal mucosaLaceration, perineum, female, during delivery, fourth degreeTear, torn (traumatic), anus, anal (sphincter), complicating delivery, with third degree perineal laceration, with mucosa
Code Hierarchy
┌15Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)├O60-O77Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)├O70Perineal laceration during delivery
└O70.3Fourth degree perineal laceration during delivery
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