Longitudinal vaginal septum

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Billable FY2016 only, and a category header from FY2017.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

Q52.120 Longitudinal vaginal septum, nonobstructing
Q52.121 Longitudinal vaginal septum, obstructing, right side
Q52.122 Longitudinal vaginal septum, obstructing, left side
Q52.123 Longitudinal vaginal septum, microperforate, right side
Q52.124 Longitudinal vaginal septum, microperforate, left side
Q52.129 Other and unspecified longitudinal vaginal septum

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2011 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.

FY2011 Added to the draft code set draft Longitudinal vaginal septum
FY2017 Stopped being billable

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 the Q50-Q56 section Congenital malformations of genital organs (Q50-Q56)

Excludes1 - never coded here

androgen insensitivity syndrome (E34.5-)
syndromes associated with anomalies in the number and form of chromosomes (Q90-Q99)

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.

Supernumerary > vagina

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Q52.10	Doubling of vagina, unspecified	Valid
Q52.11	Transverse vaginal septum	Valid