ICD-10-CM Code D28.0

Valid for Submission

D28.0 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of benign neoplasm of vulva. The code is valid for the year 2020 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: Bartholin's gland ; clitoris ; fourchette ; labia (skin) ; labia (skin) majora ; labia (skin) minora ; labium (skin) ; etc

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

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:

• 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

The ICD-10 code D28.0 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 D28.0 to ICD-9

• 221.2 - Benign neoplasm vulva

Code Classification

• Neoplasms (C00–D48)
  • Benign neoplasms, except benign neuroendocrine tumors (D10-D36)
    • Benign neoplasm of other and unsp female genital organs (D28)

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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