Other specified inflammation of vagina and vulva

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

N76.81 Mucositis (ulcerative) of vagina and vulva
N76.82 Fournier disease of vagina and vulva
N76.89 Other specified inflammation of vagina and vulva

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other specified inflammation of vagina and vulva

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 N76 Other inflammation of vagina and vulva

Excludes2 - not included here

senile (atrophic) vaginitis (N95.2)
vulvar vestibulitis (N94.810)

Use additional code

code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent

Inherited from the N70-N77 section Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs (N70-N77)

Excludes1 - never coded here

inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs complicating:
abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.0)
pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O85, O86.-)

Code also

, if applicable, pelvic abscess (K6A.0-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
N76.0	Acute vaginitis	Valid
N76.1	Subacute and chronic vaginitis	Valid
N76.2	Acute vulvitis	Valid
N76.3	Subacute and chronic vulvitis	Valid
N76.4	Abscess of vulva	Valid
N76.5	Ulceration of vagina	Valid
N76.6	Ulceration of vulva	Valid