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ICD-10-CM Codes
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O00-O9A
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
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O60-O77
Complications of labor and delivery
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O70-
Perineal laceration during delivery
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2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O70.4
Anal sphincter tear complicating delivery, not associated with third degree laceration
2016 2017 2018 2019 Billable/Specific Code Maternity Dx (12-55 years) Female Dx
- O70.4 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Anal sphincter tear comp del, not assoc w third degree lac
- The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM O70.4 became effective on October 1, 2018.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of O70.4 - other international versions of ICD-10 O70.4 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
- O70.4 is applicable to maternity patients aged 12 - 55 years inclusive.
- O70.4 is applicable to female patients.
Type 1 ExcludesType 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as O70.4. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
The following code(s) above
O70.4 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
O70.4:
- 769 Postpartum and post abortion diagnoses with o.r. Procedure
- 776 Postpartum and post abortion diagnoses without o.r. Procedure
Convert O70.4 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to O70.4:
- Delivery (childbirth) (labor)
- complicated O75.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O75.9
Complication of labor and delivery, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 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 Billable/Specific Code Maternity Dx (12-55 years) Female Dx
- anus (sphincter) O70.4
- without third degree laceration O70.4
- Tear, torn (traumatic) - see also Laceration
- anus, anal (sphincter) S31.831
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S31.831
Laceration without foreign body of anus
2016 2017 2018 2019 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To O70.4
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
O70.3 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
O71.2 Postpartum inversion of uterus
O71.3 Obstetric laceration of cervix
O71.4 Obstetric high vaginal laceration alone
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
