O70.22 Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, IIIb

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Third degree perineal laceration during delivery with more than 50% external anal sphincter (EAS) thickness torn

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Delivery (childbirth) (labor)
by
laceration (perineal) O70.9
with
more than 50% external anal sphincter (EAS) thickness torn (IIIb) O70.22

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Code Title
O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
O60-O77 Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
O70 Perineal laceration during delivery
O70.2 Third degree perineal laceration during delivery
O70.22 Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, IIIb
Applicable to
Third degree perineal laceration during delivery with more than 50% external anal sphincter (EAS) thickness torn