ICD-10-CM › O00-O9A › O60-O77 › O70 Perineal laceration during delivery › O70.2
O70.2
Third degree perineal laceration during delivery
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Third degree perineal laceration during delivery
- FY2017 Stopped being billable
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from O70 Perineal laceration during delivery
Excludes1 - never coded here
- obstetric high vaginal laceration alone (O71.4)
Includes
- episiotomy extended by laceration
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| O70.0 | First degree perineal laceration during delivery | Valid |
| O70.1 | Second degree perineal laceration during delivery | Valid |
| O70.3 | Fourth degree perineal laceration during delivery | Valid |
| O70.4 | Anal sphincter tear complicating delivery, not associated with third degree laceration | Valid |
| O70.9 | Perineal laceration during delivery, unspecified | Valid |