ICD-9 Code 674.20
Disruption of perineal wound, unspecified as to episode of care or not applicable
Not Valid for Submission
674.20 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of disruption of perineal wound, unspecified as to episode of care or not applicable. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
| ICD-9: | 674.20 |
| Short Description: | Disrupt perineum-unspec |
| Long Description: | Disruption of perineal wound, unspecified as to episode of care or not applicable |
Convert 674.20 to ICD-10
The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
- O90.1 - Disruption of perineal obstetric wound
Code Classification
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Complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (630–679)
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Complications of the puerperium (670-677)
- 674 Other and unspecified complications of the puerperium, not elsewhere classified
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Complications of the puerperium (670-677)
Information for Medical Professionals
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-9 Code Edits are applicable to this code:
- Maternity diagnoses (age 12 through 55) Maternity diagnoses (age 12 through 55)
Maternity diagnoses: Age range is 12–55 years inclusive.
ICD-9 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
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