O70.20 - Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, unspecified
| ICD-10: | O70.20 |
| Short Description: | Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, unsp |
| Long Description: | Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, unspecified |
| Status: | Valid for Submission |
| Version: | ICD-10-CM 2023 |
| Code Classification: |
O70.20 is a billable ICD-10 code used to specify a medical diagnosis of third degree perineal laceration during delivery, unspecified. The code is valid during the fiscal year 2023 from October 01, 2022 through September 30, 2023 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The code O70.20 is applicable to female patients aged 12 through 55 years inclusive. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-female patient outside the stated age range.
Unspecified diagnosis codes like O70.20 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Laceration of anus
- Third degree perineal laceration
- Third degree perineal tear during delivery - delivered
- Third degree perineal tear during delivery with postnatal problem
- Type 3a third degree laceration of perineum
- Type 3b third degree laceration of perineum
- Type 3c third degree laceration of perineum
Clinical Information
- Third Degree Perineal Laceration-. injury to perineum involving anal sphincter complex. (adapted from revitalize)
Index to Diseases and Injuries References
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index:
- - Delivery (childbirth) (labor)
- - complicated - O75.9
- - by
- - laceration (perineal) - O70.9
- - anus (sphincter) - O70.4
- - with third degree laceration - See Also: Delivery, complicated, by, laceration, perineum, third degree; - O70.20
- - perineum, perineal - O70.9
- - third degree - O70.20
- - rectovaginal (septum) (without perineal laceration) - O71.4
- - with perineum - See Also: Delivery, complicated, by, laceration, perineum, third degree; - O70.20
- - anus (sphincter) - O70.4
- - laceration (perineal) - O70.9
- - by
- - complicated - O75.9
- - Laceration
- - perineum
- - female - S31.41
- - during delivery - O70.9
- - third degree - See Also: Delivery, complicated, by, laceration, perineum, third degree; - O70.20
- - during delivery - O70.9
- - female - S31.41
- - perineum
- - Tear, torn (traumatic) - See Also: Laceration;
- - anus, anal (sphincter) - S31.831
- - complicating delivery
- - with third degree perineal laceration - See Also: Delivery, complicated, by, laceration, perineum, third degree; - O70.20
- - complicating delivery
- - anus, anal (sphincter) - S31.831
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:
- Maternity diagnoses - The Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies in maternity cases by checking a patient's age and any diagnosis on the patient's record. The maternity code edits apply to patients age ange is 9–64 years inclusive (e.g., diabetes in pregnancy, antepartum pulmonary complication).
- Diagnoses for females only - The Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient’s sex and any diagnosis on the patient’s record, these edits apply to FEMALES only .
Replacement Code
O7020 replaces the following previously assigned ICD-10 code(s):
- O70.2 - Third degree perineal laceration during delivery
Convert to ICD-9 Code
| Source ICD-10 Code | Target ICD-9 Code | |
|---|---|---|
| O70.20 | 664.21 - Del w 3 deg lacerat-del | |
| Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code. | ||
| O70.20 | 664.24 - Del w 3 deg lac-postpart | |
| Approximate Flag - The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 and ICD-9 codes and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code. | ||
Code History
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
