O70.22

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

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

O70.22 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for third degree perineal laceration during delivery, iiib. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

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

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above O70.22

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on O70.2: Third degree perineal laceration during delivery

anal sphincter tear during delivery without third degree perineal laceration (O70.4)
perineal laceration involving anal or rectal mucosa (O70.3)

Written on O70: Perineal laceration during delivery

obstetric high vaginal laceration alone (O71.4)

Other codes that can never be billed with O70.22

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

N89.8Other specified noninflammatory disorders of vagina
N90Other noninflammatory disorders of vulva and perineum
O71.4Obstetric high vaginal laceration alone
S31.4Open wound of vagina and vulva

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under O70.2