ICD-10-CM Code N89.9

Valid for Submission

N89.9 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of noninflammatory disorder of vagina, unspecified. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code N89.9 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like congenital or acquired abnormality of vagina in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, discomfort of vulva, disorder of hymen, disorder of vagina, noninflammatory disorder of the vagina, vaginal abnormality - baby delivered, etc

The code N89.9 is applicable to female patients only. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-female patient.

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 N89.9 are found in the index:

• - Disease, diseased - See Also: Syndrome;
  • - vagina, vaginal (noninflammatory) - N89.9

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 - 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:

• Congenital or acquired abnormality of vagina in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
• Discomfort of vulva
• Disorder of hymen
• Disorder of vagina
• Noninflammatory disorder of the vagina
• Vaginal abnormality - baby delivered
• Vaginal abnormality - baby delivered with postpartum complication
• Vaginal abnormality complicating antenatal care - baby not yet delivered
• Vaginal abnormality in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
• Vaginal abnormality in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
• Vaginal discharge problem
• Vaginal discomfort
• Vaginal problem
• Vulvovaginal discomfort
• Vulvovaginal disease
• Vulvovaginal dryness

Diagnostic Related Groups

The ICD-10 code N89.9 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 N89.9 to ICD-9

• 623.9 - Noninflam dis vagina NOS

Code Classification

• Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00–N99)
  • Noninflammatory disorders of female genital tract (N80-N98)
    • Other noninflammatory disorders of vagina (N89)

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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