O70
Perineal laceration during delivery
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.
Includes
episiotomy extended by laceration
Excludes1
obstetric high vaginal laceration alone ( O71.4 )
More Specific Codes
6 codes under O70
- O70.0 First degree perineal laceration during delivery Billable
- O70.1 Second degree perineal laceration during delivery Billable
- O70.2 Third degree perineal laceration during delivery Has subcodes
- O70.3 Fourth degree perineal laceration during delivery Billable
- O70.4 Anal sphincter tear complicating delivery, not associated with third degree laceration Billable
- O70.9 Perineal laceration during delivery, unspecified Billable
Version History
How O70 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentPerineal laceration during delivery
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedPerineal laceration during delivery
Related Codes
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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