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O70.3 – Fourth degree perineal laceration during delivery

Coding Notes

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Billable, valid for HIPAA-covered transactions

Applicable To

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

GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

664.31

Fs: 10000 – Fourth-degree perineal laceration, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition

664.34

Fs: 10000 – Fourth-degree perineal laceration, postpartum condition or complication

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

DRG 769

POSTPARTUM AND POST ABORTION DIAGNOSES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES

DRG 776

POSTPARTUM AND POST ABORTION DIAGNOSES WITHOUT O.R. PROCEDURES

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Delivery (childbirth) (labor)

complicated O75.9

by

laceration (perineal) O70.9

anus (sphincter) O70.4

with third degree laceration See also Delivery, complicated, by, laceration, perineum, third degree O70.20

with mucosa O70.3

perineum, perineal O70.9

fourth degree O70.3

rectovaginal (septum) (without perineal laceration) O71.4

with perineum See also Delivery, complicated, by, laceration, perineum, third degree O70.20

with anal or rectal mucosa O70.3

Laceration

perineum

female S31.41

during delivery O70.9

fourth degree O70.3

Tear, torn (traumatic) See also Laceration

anus, anal (sphincter) S31.831

complicating delivery

with third degree perineal laceration See also Delivery, complicated, by, laceration, perineum, third degree O70.20

with mucosa O70.3

Sibling Codes

O70.0

First degree perineal laceration during delivery

O70.1

Second degree perineal laceration during delivery

O70.2

Third degree perineal laceration during delivery

O70.4

Anal sphincter tear complicating delivery, not associated with third degree laceration

O70.9

Perineal laceration during delivery, unspecified

Parent Sibling Codes

O70

Perineal laceration during delivery

O71

Other obstetric trauma

O72

Postpartum hemorrhage

O73

Retained placenta and membranes, without hemorrhage

O74

Complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery

O75

Other complications of labor and delivery, not elsewhere classified

O76

Abnormality in fetal heart rate and rhythm complicating labor and delivery

O77

Other fetal stress complicating labor and delivery

View in Tabular

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
O70.3	Fourth degree perineal laceration during delivery Applicable to 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