Valid for Submission
D39.8 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of neoplasm of uncertain behavior of other specified female genital organs. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code D39.8 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like lesion of clitoris, neoplasm of clitoris, neoplasm of labia majora, neoplasm of labia minora, neoplasm of round ligament of uterus, neoplasm of uncertain behavior of broad ligament of uterus, etc
The code D39.8 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: adnexa (uterine) ; Bartholin's gland ; broad ligament ; clitoris ; fallopian tube (accessory) ; fornix vagina ; fourchette ; etc
| ICD-10: | D39.8 |
| Short Description: | Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of oth female genital organs |
| Long Description: | Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of other specified female genital organs |
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 D39.8:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion TermsThese 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.
- Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of skin of female genital organs
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:
- Lesion of clitoris
- Neoplasm of clitoris
- Neoplasm of labia majora
- Neoplasm of labia minora
- Neoplasm of round ligament of uterus
- Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of broad ligament of uterus
- Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of clitoris
- Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of fallopian tube
- Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of labia majora
- Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of labia minora
- Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of parametrium
- Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of pelvic peritoneum
- Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of pelvic peritoneum
- Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of pelvic peritoneum
- Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of round ligament of uterus
- Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of uterine adnexa
- Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of vagina
- Neoplasm of uncertain behavior of vulva
Diagnostic Related Groups
The ICD-10 code D39.8 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.
- 736 - UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR OVARIAN OR ADNEXAL MALIGNANCY WITH MCC
- 737 - UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR OVARIAN OR ADNEXAL MALIGNANCY WITH CC
- 738 - UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR OVARIAN OR ADNEXAL MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/MCC
- 739 - UTERINE, ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-OVARIAN AND NON-ADNEXAL MALIGNANCY WITH MCC
- 740 - UTERINE, ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-OVARIAN AND NON-ADNEXAL MALIGNANCY WITH CC
- 741 - UTERINE, ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-OVARIAN AND NON-ADNEXAL MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/MCC
Convert D39.8 to ICD-9
- 236.3 - Unc behav neo female NEC (Approximate Flag)
Code Classification
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