FY2024
Effective from
- Inherited rules changed
Third degree perineal laceration during delivery
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2024code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
obstetric high vaginal laceration alone (O71.4)
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Use the service date for outpatient/professional claims and the discharge date for hospital inpatient claims. Earlier encounters use ICD-9-CM; each individual code must also be valid for the applicable date.
Official coding guidelines → · CMS ↗First observed · 2015-10-01
Latest recorded change · FY2024
Effective from
Third degree perineal laceration during delivery
Category — select a more specific code
CDC/NCHS · FY2024| All editions | Effective from | Code history |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 2015-10-01 | First observed |
| FY2017 | 2016-10-01 | Specificity changed · Inherited rules changed |
| FY2018 | 2017-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2019 | 2018-10-01 | Inherited rules changed |
| FY2020 | 2019-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2020 · April | 2020-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 | 2020-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2021 · 01-01 | 2021-01-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 | 2021-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2022 · 04-01 | 2022-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 | 2022-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2023 · 04-01 | 2023-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2024 | 2023-10-01 | Inherited rules changed |
| FY2024 · 04-01 | 2024-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 | 2024-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2025 · 04-01 | 2025-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 | 2025-10-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2026 · April | 2026-04-01 | No tabular change |
| FY2027 | 2026-10-01 | No tabular change |
supervision of normal pregnancy (Z34.-)
code, if applicable, from category Z3A, Weeks of gestation, to identify the specific week of the pregnancy, if known.
episiotomy extended by laceration
obstetric high vaginal laceration alone (O71.4)
O70.20Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, unspecifiedBillable / specificO70.21Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, IIIaBillable / specificO70.22Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, IIIbBillable / specificO70.23Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, IIIcBillable / specificOther entries in the same category; these are not automatic substitutes.
| Code | Description | Category · further specificity required |
|---|---|---|
| O70.0 | First degree perineal laceration during delivery | Billable / specific |
| O70.1 | Second degree perineal laceration during delivery | Billable / specific |
| O70.3 | Fourth degree perineal laceration during delivery | Billable / specific |
| O70.4 | Anal sphincter tear complicating delivery, not associated with third degree laceration | Billable / specific |
| O70.9 | Perineal laceration during delivery, unspecified | Billable / specific |
Official titles and instructions are preserved in their source language. Official sources ↗
Excludes 1 · perineal laceration involving anal sphincter (O70.2-)
Inclusion terms · Perineal laceration, rupture or tear during delivery as in O70.2, also involving anal mucosa
Inclusion terms · Perineal laceration, rupture or tear during delivery as in O70.2, also involving rectal mucosa
Excludes 1 · anal sphincter tear with third degree perineal laceration (O70.2-)