O71.4Obstetric high vaginal laceration
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
May be used as the primary diagnosis
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Complete code in the classification
Use when the diagnosis matches and no exclusion applies.
- Chapter XV
- Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
- Group O60-O75
- Complications of labour and delivery
- Official Vietnamese name
- Rách âm đạo đoạn cao do sản khoa
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Laceration of: middle or upper third of vaginal wall vaginal sulcus Excl.: that of the lower vagina (O70.-)
Related O71 codes
O71
Other obstetric trauma
O71.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Rupture of uterus before onset of labour
O71.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Rupture of uterus during labour
O71.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Postpartum inversion of uterus
O71.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Obstetric laceration of cervix
O71.5
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other obstetric injury to pelvic organs
O71.6
Primary diagnosis candidate
Obstetric damage to pelvic joints and ligaments
O71.7
Primary diagnosis candidate
Obstetric haematoma of pelvis
O71.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other specified obstetric trauma
O71.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Obstetric trauma, unspecified
Clinical record checklist
View coding guide →- Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
- Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
- Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
- Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.
2026 regulatory basis
Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.
