Congenital vasocutaneous fistula

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 Congenital vasocutaneous fistula

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 Q55 Other congenital malformations of male genital organs

Excludes1 - never coded here

congenital hydrocele (P83.5)
hypospadias (Q54.-)

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.

Fistula > vasocutaneous, congenital

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Q55.0	Absence and aplasia of testis	Valid
Q55.1	Hypoplasia of testis and scrotum	Valid
Q55.2	Other and unspecified congenital malformations of testis and scrotum	Not billable
Q55.3	Atresia of vas deferens	Valid
Q55.4	Other congenital malformations of vas deferens, epididymis, seminal vesicles and prostate	Valid
Q55.5	Congenital absence and aplasia of penis	Valid
Q55.6	Other congenital malformations of penis	Not billable
Q55.8	Other specified congenital malformations of male genital organs	Valid
Q55.9	Congenital malformation of male genital organ, unspecified	Valid