ICD-10-CM › A00-B99 › A50-A64 › A56.0 Chlamydial infection of lower... › A56.02
Chlamydial vulvovaginitis
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Chlamydial vulvovaginitis
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from A56 Other sexually transmitted chlamydial diseases
Excludes1 - never coded here
- neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis (P39.1)
- neonatal chlamydial pneumonia (P23.1)
Excludes2 - not included here
- chlamydial lymphogranuloma (A55)
- conditions classified to A74.-
Includes
- sexually transmitted diseases due to Chlamydia
- trachomatis
Inherited from the A50-A64 section Infections with a predominantly sexual mode of transmission (A50-A64)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- nonspecific and nongonococcal urethritis (N34.1)
- Reiter's disease (M02.3-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Colpitis
- Pyocolpos
- Vaginosis
- Chlamydiosis
- Colpocystitis
- Paravaginitis
- Perivaginitis
- Pericellulitis
- Vulvovaginitis
- Abscess > vagina
- Cellulitis > vulva
- Cellulitis > labium
- Abscess > paravaginal
- Abscess > vaginorectal
- Disease, diseased > venereal
- Infection, infected, infective > labia
- Infection, infected, infective > vulva
- Infection, infected, infective > vagina
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > vulva
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > labium
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > vagina
- Disease, diseased > sexually transmitted > chlamydial infection
- Vulvitis > chlamydial
- Vaginitis > chlamydial
- Chlamydia, chlamydial > vulvovaginitis
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| A56.00 | Chlamydial infection of lower genitourinary tract, unspecified | Valid |
| A56.01 | Chlamydial cystitis and urethritis | Valid |
| A56.09 | Other chlamydial infection of lower genitourinary tract | Valid |