Vesical fistula, not elsewhere classified

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Vesical fistula, not elsewhere classified

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 N32 Other disorders of bladder

Excludes2 - not included here

calculus of bladder (N21.0)
cystocele (N81.1-)
hernia or prolapse of bladder, female (N81.1-)

Inherited from the N30-N39 section Other diseases of the urinary system (N30-N39)

Excludes2 - not included here

urinary infection (complicating):
abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.8)
pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O86.2-)

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.

Fistula > bladder NEC
Fistula > vesical NEC
Fistula > ureterovesical
Fistula > urethrovesical
Fistula > vesicoperineal
Fistula > vesicoureteral
Fistula > vesicourethral
Fistula > abdominovesical
Fistula > vesicoabdominal
Fistula > vesicocutaneous
Fistula > abdomen > bladder
Fistula > urethroperineovesical
Fistula > bladder NEC > into seminal vesicle

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
N32.0	Bladder-neck obstruction	Valid
N32.1	Vesicointestinal fistula	Valid
N32.3	Diverticulum of bladder	Valid
N32.8	Other specified disorders of bladder	Not billable
N32.9	Bladder disorder, unspecified	Valid