ICD-10 Code N93.9
Abnormal uterine and vaginal bleeding, unspecified
| ICD-10: | N93.9 |
| Short Description: | Abnormal uterine and vaginal bleeding, unspecified |
| Long Description: | Abnormal uterine and vaginal bleeding, unspecified |
Valid for Submission
ICD-10 N93.9 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of abnormal uterine and vaginal bleeding, unspecified. The code is valid for the year 2019 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00–N99)
Information for Medical Professionals
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 - Diagnoses for females only.
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). The diagnosis code N93.9 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V36.0 applicable from 10/01/2018 through 09/30/2019.
- 742 - UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-MALIGNANCY WITH CC/MCC
- 743 - UTERINE AND ADNEXA PROCEDURES FOR NON-MALIGNANCY WITHOUT CC/MCC
Convert N93.9 to ICD-9
The following crosswalk between ICD-10 to ICD-9 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
- 626.9 - Menstrual disorder NOS (Approximate Flag)
Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms:
- Abnormal uterine bleeding
- Abnormal uterine bleeding unrelated to menstrual cycle
- Abnormal vaginal bleeding
- Altered blood in vagina
- Blood in vagina
- Fresh bleeding from vagina
- Heavy episode of vaginal bleeding
- Heavy show
- Moderate vaginal bleeding
- Non-menstrual vaginal bleeding
- O/E - speculum bleeding through os
- O/E - vagina
- On examination - vaginal speculum examination
- Passing clots vaginally
- Vaginal bleeding problem
- Vaginal introitus bleeding
- Vaginal show
- Vaginal vault bleeding
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 N93.9 are found in the index:
- - Bleeding - See Also: Hemorrhage;
- - uterus, uterine NEC - N93.9
- - vagina, vaginal (abnormal) - N93.9
- - uterus, uterine NEC - N93.9
- - Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed) - R58
- - uterus, uterine (abnormal) - N93.9
- - vagina (abnormal) - N93.9
- - Menstruation
- - disorder - N93.9
- - Upset
- - menstruation - N93.9
Information for Patients
Vaginal Bleeding
Also called: Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding, Uterine Bleeding
Menstruation, or period, is a woman's monthly bleeding.Abnormal vaginal bleeding is different from normal menstrual periods. It could be bleeding that is between periods, is very heavy, or lasts much longer than usual. It also includes bleeding that happens before puberty or after menopause. Causes can include
- Uterine fibroids or polyps
- Hormone problems
- Hormone pills, such as birth control pills and hormone replacement therapy (menopausal hormone therapy)
- Cancer of the cervix, ovaries, uterus or vagina
- Thyroid problems
Bleeding during pregnancy can have several different causes. It is not always serious, but to be safe you should contact your health care provider right away.
Pelvic exams, blood tests, imaging tests, and other procedures can help your health care provider diagnose the problem. Treatment depends on the cause. Treatments may include medicines, hormones, and surgery.
- D and C (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Vaginal bleeding (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Vaginal bleeding between periods (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Vaginal bleeding in late pregnancy (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Vaginal bleeding in pregnancy (Medical Encyclopedia)
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ICD-10 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.