ICD-10-CM Code B37.3

Valid for Submission

B37.3 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of candidiasis of vulva and vagina. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code B37.3 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like anogenital candidiasis, candidal vulvovaginitis, candidiasis of vagina, candidiasis of vagina, candidiasis of vagina in pregnancy, candidiasis of vulva, etc

The code B37.3 is applicable to female patients only. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-female patient.

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10 codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more. The following references are applicable to the code B37.3:

Inclusion Terms

Inclusion Terms
These terms are the conditions for which that code is to be used. The terms may be synonyms of the code title, or, in the case of "other specified" codes, the terms are a list of the various conditions assigned to that code. The inclusion terms are not necessarily exhaustive. Additional terms found only in the Alphabetic Index may also be assigned to a code.

• Candidal vulvovaginitis
• Monilial vulvovaginitis
• Vaginal thrush

Index to Diseases and Injuries

The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code B37.3 are found in the index:

• - Candidiasis, candidal - B37.9
  • - vagina - B37.3
  • - vulva - B37.3
  • - vulvovaginitis - B37.3

• - Mycosis, mycotic - B49
  • - vagina, vaginitis (candidal) - B37.3

• - Thrush - See Also: Candidiasis;
  • - vaginal - B37.3

• - Vaginitis (acute) (circumscribed) (diffuse) (emphysematous) (nonvenereal) (ulcerative) - N76.0
  • - candidal - B37.3
  • - in (due to)
    • - candidiasis - B37.3
  • - monilial - B37.3
  • - mycotic (candidal) - B37.3

• - Vulvitis (acute) (allergic) (atrophic) (hypertrophic) (intertriginous) (senile) - N76.2
  • - candidal - B37.3
  • - monilial - B37.3

Code Edits

The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:

• Diagnoses for females only - Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient’s sex and any diagnosis on the patient’s record, this code applies to FEMALES only .

Synonyms

The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:

• Anogenital candidiasis
• Candidal vulvovaginitis
• Candidiasis of vagina
• Candidiasis of vagina
• Candidiasis of vagina in pregnancy
• Candidiasis of vulva
• Recurrent candidiasis of vagina

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code B37.3 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2019 through 09/30/2020.

• 742 - UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-MALIGNANCY WITH CC/MCC
• 743 - UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/MCC

Convert B37.3 to ICD-9

• 112.1 - Candidal vulvovaginitis

Code Classification

• Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)
  • Mycoses (B35-B49)
    • Candidiasis (B37)

Code History

• FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
  (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)
• FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
• FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
• FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
• FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020

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