O70.22
Billable
ChapterO00–O9A
Ranksubcategory
Official Description
Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, IIIb
Metadata & Insights
- •2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
- •Billable/specific code (valid for reimbursement).
- •Chapter 15: Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Puerperium (O00-O9A).
Instructional Notes
Includes
- Third degree perineal laceration during delivery with more than 50% external anal sphincter (EAS) thickness torn
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Delivery (childbirth) (labor)2 unique routes
complicated(2 variants)
by(2 variants)
laceration (perineal)(2 variants)
perineum, perineal(2 variants)
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