O70
ICD-10Non-billable categoryPerineal laceration during delivery
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Perineal laceration during delivery
O70 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Includes
- episiotomy extended by laceration
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- obstetric high vaginal laceration alone (O71.4)
More specific codes under O70
- O70.0First degree perineal laceration during delivery
- O70.1Second degree perineal laceration during delivery
- O70.2Third degree perineal laceration during deliverycategory
- O70.3Fourth degree perineal laceration during delivery
- O70.4Anal sphincter tear comp del, not assoc w third degree lac
- O70.9Perineal laceration during delivery, unspecified
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.