O71.82
O71.82 — Other specified trauma to perineum and vulva
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
O71.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified trauma to perineum and vulva. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Obstetric periurethral trauma
Risk adjustment
O71.82 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How O71.82 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to O71.82.
- Tear, torn›periurethral tissue, obstetrical trauma
- Injury›periurethral tissue›complicating delivery
- Delivery›complicated›by›damage to NEC›perineum
- Delivery›complicated›by›damage to NEC›periurethral tissue
- Delivery›complicated›by›damage to NEC›vulva
- Delivery›complicated›by›trauma›periurethral
Related codes at this level
Codes that share O71.8. If O71.82 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about O71.82
- Is O71.82 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. O71.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does O71.82 sit in the tabular list?
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A), in the block Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77).