O70.0
First degree perineal laceration during delivery
Coding rules (TT06)
- ●Applies only/mainly to females
Coding guidance (WHO 2019)
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 Excl.: 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)