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O70.0 First degree perineal laceration during delivery

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O70.0 is the ICD-10 code for First degree perineal laceration during delivery. It is a four-character subcategory of O70 (Perineal laceration during delivery), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block O60–O75 (Complications of labour and delivery) in Chapter XV, Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
XV · O00–O99
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What O70.0 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Perineal laceration, rupture or tear (involving):
    • fourchette during delivery
    • labia during delivery
    • periurethral tissue during delivery
    • skin during delivery
    • slight during delivery
    • vagina, low during delivery
    • vulva during delivery

What O70.0 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

  • periurethral laceration involving urethra O71.5
  • that with laceration of:
    • high vaginal wall (middle)(upper third of vaginal wall) O71.4
    • vaginal sulcus O71.4

O70.0 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

O70.0Perinealbristning av första graden

NorwayICD-10-NO

O70.0Førstegrads perinealrift under forløsning

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DO700Fødselslæsion grad 1

  • DO700AFødselslæsion med læsion af vulva, grad 1
  • DO700BFødselslæsion med læsion af vagina, grad 1
  • DO700CFødselslæsion med læsion af perineal hud, grad 1
  • DO700DFødselslæsion med læsion af kønslæber, grad 1
FinlandICD-10-FI

O70.0Ensimmäisen asteen välilihan repeämä synnytyksen aikana

GermanyICD-10-GM

O70.0Dammriss 1. Grades unter der Geburt

FranceICD-10-FR

O70.0Déchirure obstétricale du périnée, du premier degré

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

O70.0eerstegraads perineumruptuur

United StatesICD-10-CM

O70.0First degree perineal laceration during delivery

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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