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ICD-10-CM Code for Anal sphincter tear (healed) (nontraumatic) (old) K62.81

ICD-10 code K62.81 for Anal sphincter tear (healed) (nontraumatic) (old) is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the digestive system .

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Anal sphincter tear (healed) (nontraumatic) (old)
Tear of anus, nontraumatic
Use additional code for any associated fecal incontinence (R15.-)
Excludes2: anal fissure (K60.-)
anal sphincter tear (healed) (old) complicating delivery (O34.7-)
traumatic tear of anal sphincter (S31.831)

K62.8

Excludes2: ulcerative proctitis (K51.2)

K62

Includes: anal canal

Excludes2: colostomy and enterostomy malfunction (K94.0-, K94.1-)
fecal incontinence (R15.-)
hemorrhoids (K64.-)

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