O70.22✓ Billable

Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, IIIb

Inclusion Terms

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

Also Indexed As(ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index)

These clinical terms, synonyms, and manifestations all map to O70.22 in the official ICD-10-CM Alphabetic Index.

Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, laceration (perineal), perineum, perineal, third degree, IIIb Delivery (childbirth) (labor), complicated, by, laceration (perineal), perineum, perineal, third degree, with, more than 50% external anal sphincter (EAS) thickness torn (IIIb)

Code Hierarchy

┌15Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)├O60-O77Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)├O70Perineal laceration during delivery

└O70.22Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, IIIb

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