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71.71 - Suture Of Laceration Of Vulva Or Perineum


The ICD 9 Code for Suture of laceration of vulva or perineum is listed as 71.71.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 71.71
Description: Suture of laceration of vulva or perineum
Short Description: Suture vulvar laceration
Chapter: Operations on the female genital organs
Subsection 1: Operations on vulva and perineum
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0HQ9XZZ - Repair Perineum Skin, External Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0UQM0ZZ - Repair Vulva, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0UQMXZZ - Repair Vulva, External Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0WQNXZZ - Repair Female Perineum, External Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 71.71:
71.72 - Repair of fistula of vulva or perineum
71.79 - Other repair of vulva and perineum