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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O70.22
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O70.22
Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, IIIb
2017 - New Code 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Maternity Dx (12-55 years) Female Dx
- O70.22 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM O70.22 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of O70.22 - other international versions of ICD-10 O70.22 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
- O70.22 is applicable to maternity patients aged 12 - 55 years inclusive.
- O70.22 is applicable to female patients.
Applicable To- Third degree perineal laceration during delivery with more than 50% external anal sphincter (EAS) thickness torn
The following code(s) above
O70.22 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
O70.22:
- O00-O9A
2023 ICD-10-CM Range O00-O9A
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperiumNote- CODES FROM THIS CHAPTER ARE FOR USE ONLY ON MATERNAL RECORDS, NEVER ON NEWBORN RECORDS
- Codes from this chapter are for use for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth, or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)
- Trimesters are counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. They are defined as follows:
- 1st trimester- less than 14 weeks 0 days
- 2nd trimester- 14 weeks 0 days to less than 28 weeks 0 days
- 3rd trimester- 28 weeks 0 days until delivery
Type 1 Excludes- supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
Type 2 Excludes- mental and behavioral disorders associated with the puerperium (F53.-)
- obstetrical tetanus (A34)
- postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland (E23.0)
- puerperal osteomalacia (M83.0)
Use Additional- code from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
- O70
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O70
Perineal laceration during delivery
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Includes- episiotomy extended by laceration
Type 1 Excludes- obstetric high vaginal laceration alone (O71.4)
- O70.2
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O70.2
Third degree perineal laceration during delivery
2016 2017 - Converted to Parent Code 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Perineal laceration, rupture or tear during delivery as in O70.1, also involving anal sphincter
- Perineal laceration, rupture or tear during delivery as in O70.1, also involving rectovaginal septum
- Perineal laceration, rupture or tear during delivery as in O70.1, also involving sphincter NOS
Type 1 Excludes- anal sphincter tear during delivery without third degree perineal laceration (O70.4)
- perineal laceration involving anal or rectal mucosa (O70.3)
- 769 Postpartum and post abortion diagnoses with o.r. Procedures
- 776 Postpartum and post abortion diagnoses without o.r. Procedures
Convert O70.22 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): New code
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
- Delivery (childbirth) (labor)
- complicated O75.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O75.9
Complication of labor and delivery, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Maternity Dx (12-55 years) Female Dx
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- laceration (perineal) O70.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O70.9
Perineal laceration during delivery, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Maternity Dx (12-55 years) Female Dx
- perineum, perineal O70.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O70.9
Perineal laceration during delivery, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Maternity Dx (12-55 years) Female Dx
- third degree O70.20
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O70.20
Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, unspecified
2017 - New Code 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Maternity Dx (12-55 years) Female Dx
- with
- more than 50% external anal sphincter O70.22 (EAS) thickness torn (IIIb)
- IIIb O70.22
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To O70.22
O70 Perineal laceration during delivery
O70.0 First degree perineal laceration during delivery
O70.1 Second degree perineal laceration during delivery
O70.2 Third degree perineal laceration during delivery
O70.22
…… IIIb
O70.3 Fourth 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
O71 Other obstetric trauma
O71.0 Rupture of uterus (spontaneous) before onset of labor
O71.00 Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, unspecified trimester
O71.02 Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, second trimester
O71.03 Rupture of uterus before onset of labor, third trimester
O71.1 Rupture of uterus during labor
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
