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O70.2 Third degree perineal laceration during delivery

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O70.2 is the ICD-10 code for Third 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 O70.2 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Perineal laceration, rupture or tear as in O70.1, also involving:
    • anal sphincter during delivery
    • rectovaginal septum during delivery
    • sphincter NOS during delivery

What O70.2 excludes

Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.

  • that involving anal or rectal mucosa O70.3

O70.2 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

O70.2Perinealbristning av tredje graden

  • O70.2CPerinealbristning av tredje graden: skada som omfattar mindre än halva externa analsfinktern
  • O70.2DPerinealbristning av tredje graden: skada som omfattar mer än halva externa analsfinktern (inkl. total ruptur av externa sfinktern utan engagemang av interna sfinktern)
  • O70.2EPerinealbristning av tredje graden: skada som omfattar både externa och interna analsfinktern
  • O70.2FPerinealbristning av tredje graden: skada som omfattar endast inre analsfinktern
  • O70.2XPerinealbristning av tredje graden, ospecificerad
NorwayICD-10-NO

O70.2Tredjegrads perinealrift under forløsning

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DO702Fødselslæsion grad 3

  • DO702DFødselslæsion med delvis ruptur af eksterne analsfinkter (<50 pct), grad 3a
  • DO702EFødselslæsion med total ruptur af eksterne analsfinkter (>50 pct), grad 3b
  • DO702GFødselslæsion med ruptur af eksterne og interne analsfinkter, grad 3c
FinlandICD-10-FI

O70.2Kolmannen asteen välilihan repeämä synnytyksen aikana

  • O70.21III asteen välilihan repeämä ja siihen liittyneen peräaukon sulkijalihasten alle puolen repeämä synnytyksen aikana
  • O70.22III asteen välilihan repeämä ja siihen liittyneen peräaukon sulkijalihasten puolen tai yli puolen repeämä synnytyksen aikana
GermanyICD-10-GM

O70.2Dammriss 3. Grades unter der Geburt

FranceICD-10-FR

O70.2Déchirure obstétricale du périnée, du troisième degré

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

O70.2derdegraads perineumruptuur

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • O70.20Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, unspecified
  • O70.21Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, IIIa
  • O70.22Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, IIIb
  • O70.23Third degree perineal laceration during delivery, IIIc

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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