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O70.9 – Perineal laceration during delivery, unspecified

Coding Notes

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GEM Conversion to ICD-9 CM

664.41

Fs: 10000 – Unspecified perineal laceration, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition

664.44

Fs: 10000 – Unspecified perineal laceration, postpartum condition or complication

MDC / MS-DRG Reference

DRG 769

POSTPARTUM AND POST ABORTION DIAGNOSES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES

DRG 776

POSTPARTUM AND POST ABORTION DIAGNOSES WITHOUT O.R. PROCEDURES

Back Reference of Diagnostic Codes

Delivery (childbirth) (labor)

complicated O75.9

by

laceration (perineal) O70.9

perineum, perineal O70.9

Injury See also specified injury type T14.90

instrumental (during surgery) See Laceration, accidental complicating surgery

obstetrical O71.9

perineal NOS O70.9

Laceration

central, complicating delivery (perineal) O70.9

perineum

female S31.41

during delivery O70.9

Sibling Codes

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

Parent Sibling Codes

O70

Perineal laceration during delivery

O71

Other obstetric trauma

O72

Postpartum hemorrhage

O73

Retained placenta and membranes, without hemorrhage

O74

Complications of anesthesia during labor and delivery

O75

Other complications of labor and delivery, not elsewhere classified

O76

Abnormality in fetal heart rate and rhythm complicating labor and delivery

O77

Other fetal stress complicating labor and delivery

View in Tabular

Code	Title
O00-O9A	Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
O60-O77	Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)
O70	Perineal laceration during delivery
O70.9	Perineal laceration during delivery, unspecified