O70.21✓ Billable
Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, IIIa
Inclusion Terms
- •Third degree perineal laceration during delivery with less than 50% of external anal sphincter (EAS) thickness torn
Also Indexed As(ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index)
These clinical terms, synonyms, and manifestations all map to O70.21 in the official ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index.
Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, laceration (perineal), perineum, perineal, third degree, IIIaDelivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, laceration (perineal), perineum, perineal, third degree, with, less than 50% of external anal sphincter (EAS) thickness torn (IIIa)
Code Hierarchy
┌15Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)├O60-O77Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)├O70Perineal laceration during delivery
└O70.21Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, IIIa
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