2021 ICD-10-CM Code D28.0
Benign neoplasm of vulva
Valid for Submission
D28.0 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of benign neoplasm of vulva. The code D28.0 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The ICD-10-CM code D28.0 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like angiokeratoma of fordyce, angiokeratoma of skin, angiokeratoma of vulva, benign neoplasm of bartholin's gland, benign neoplasm of clitoris , benign neoplasm of labia majora, etc.
The code D28.0 is applicable to female patients only. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-female patient.
The following anatomical sites found in the Table of Neoplasms apply to this code given the correct histological behavior: Neoplasm, neoplastic Bartholin's gland ; Neoplasm, neoplastic clitoris ; Neoplasm, neoplastic fourchette ; Neoplasm, neoplastic labia (skin) ; Neoplasm, neoplastic labia (skin) majora ; Neoplasm, neoplastic labia (skin) minora ; Neoplasm, neoplastic labium (skin) ; etc
Code Classification
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 D28.0 are found in the index:
- - Nevus - D22.9
- - skin - D22.9
- - female genital organ (external) NEC - D28.0
- - genital organ (external) NEC
- - female - D28.0
- - labium (majus) (minus) - D28.0
- - pudendum - D28.0
- - vulva - D28.0
- - skin - D22.9
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 - The Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient’s sex and any diagnosis on the patient’s record, these edits apply to FEMALES only .
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Angiokeratoma of Fordyce
- Angiokeratoma of skin
- Angiokeratoma of vulva
- Benign neoplasm of Bartholin's gland
- Benign neoplasm of clitoris
- Benign neoplasm of labia majora
- Benign neoplasm of labia minora
- Benign neoplasm of vulva
- Lesion of clitoris
- Neoplasm of clitoris
- Neoplasm of labia majora
- Neoplasm of labia minora
- Vestibular papillomatosis
Diagnostic Related Groups - MS-DRG Mapping
The ICD-10 code D28.0 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V38.0 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 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2021.
Convert D28.0 to ICD-9 Code
- 221.2 - Benign neoplasm vulva
Table of Neoplasms
The code D28.0 is included in the table of neoplasms by anatomical site. For each site there are six possible code numbers according to whether the neoplasm in question is malignant, benign, in situ, of uncertain behavior, or of unspecified nature. The description of the neoplasm will often indicate which of the six columns is appropriate.
Where such descriptors are not present, the remainder of the Index should be consulted where guidance is given to the appropriate column for each morphological (histological) variety listed. However, the guidance in the Index can be overridden if one of the descriptors mentioned above is present.
| Neoplasm, neoplastic | Malignant Primary |
Malignant Secondary |
CaInSitu | Benign | Uncertain Behavior |
Unspecified Behavior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »Bartholin's gland | C51.0 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »clitoris | C51.2 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »fourchette | C51.9 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »labia (skin) | C51.9 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »labia (skin) »majora | C51.0 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »labia (skin) »minora | C51.1 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »labium (skin) | C51.9 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »labium (skin) »majus | C51.0 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »labium (skin) »minus | C51.1 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »mons | C51.9 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »mons »pubis | C51.9 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »mons »veneris | C51.9 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »pudenda, pudendum (femaie) | C51.9 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »skin NOS »clitoris | C51.2 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »skin NOS »female genital organs (external) | C51.9 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »skin NOS »female genital organs (external) »clitoris | C51.2 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »skin NOS »female genital organs (external) »labium NEC | C51.9 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »skin NOS »female genital organs (external) »labium NEC »majus | C51.0 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »skin NOS »female genital organs (external) »labium NEC »minus | C51.1 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »skin NOS »female genital organs (external) »pudendum | C51.9 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »skin NOS »female genital organs (external) »vulva | C51.9 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »skin NOS »labia | C51.0 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »skin NOS »labia »majora | C51.0 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »skin NOS »labia »minora | C51.1 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »skin NOS »vulva | C51.9 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »vestibular gland, greater | C51.0 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »vulva | C51.9 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
| »Neoplasm, neoplastic »vulvovaginal gland | C51.0 | C79.82 | D07.1 | D28.0 | D39.8 | D49.59 |
Information for Patients
Benign Tumors
Also called: Benign neoplasms, Noncancerous tumors
Tumors are abnormal growths in your body. They can be either benign or malignant. Benign tumors aren't cancer. Malignant ones are. Benign tumors grow only in one place. They cannot spread or invade other parts of your body. Even so, they can be dangerous if they press on vital organs, such as your brain.
Tumors are made up of extra cells. Normally, cells grow and divide to form new cells as your body needs them. When cells grow old, they die, and new cells take their place. Sometimes, this process goes wrong. New cells form when your body does not need them, and old cells do not die when they should. These extra cells can divide without stopping and may form tumor.
Treatment often involves surgery. Benign tumors usually don't grow back.
NIH: National Cancer Institute
- Biopsy - polyps (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Cherry angioma (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Vulvar Disorders
The vulva is the external part of a woman's genitals. Some problems you can have with the vulvar area include
- Vaginitis or vulvovaginitis, swelling or infection of the vulva and vagina
- Skin problems due to allergy
- Vulvar cancer
- Vulvodynia, or vulvar pain
Symptoms may include redness, itching, pain, or cracks in the skin. Treatment depends on the cause.
- Vulvodynia (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Vulvovaginitis - overview (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Code History
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)