2021 ICD-10-CM Code N97.9
Female infertility, unspecified
Valid for Submission
N97.9 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of female infertility, unspecified. The code N97.9 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 N97.9 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like abnormal female reproductive function, abnormal reproductive state, female infertility, female infertility due to endometriosis, female infertility test abnormal , female sterility, etc.
The code N97.9 is applicable to female patients only. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-female patient.
Unspecified diagnosis codes like N97.9 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.
| ICD-10: | N97.9 |
| Short Description: | Female infertility, unspecified |
| Long Description: | Female infertility, unspecified |
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 N97.9 are found in the index:
- - Infertility
- - female - N97.9
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:
- Abnormal female reproductive function
- Abnormal reproductive state
- Female infertility
- Female infertility due to endometriosis
- Female infertility test abnormal
- Female sterility
- Fertility problem
- Infertile
- Infertility due to drug therapy
- Infertility due to infection
- Infertility due to radiation
- Infertility due to systemic disease
- Natural sterility
- Postoperative sterility
- Post-traumatic sterility
- Primary female infertility
- Primary infertility
- Secondary infertility
- Sterility
- Sterility
- Sterility
- Sterility
- Unexplained infertility
Clinical Information
- FERTILITY AGENTS FEMALE-. compounds which increase the capacity to conceive in females.
- INFERTILITY FEMALE-. diminished or absent ability of a female to achieve conception.
Diagnostic Related Groups - MS-DRG Mapping
The ICD-10 code N97.9 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 N97.9 to ICD-9 Code
- 628.9 - Female infertility NOS
Information for Patients
Female Infertility
Infertility means not being able to get pregnant after at least one year of trying (or 6 months if the woman is over age 35). If a woman keeps having miscarriages, it is also called infertility. Female infertility can result from age, physical problems, hormone problems, and lifestyle or environmental factors.
Most cases of infertility in women result from problems with producing eggs. In primary ovarian insufficiency, the ovaries stop functioning before natural menopause. In polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), the ovaries may not release an egg regularly or they may not release a healthy egg.
About a third of the time, infertility is because of a problem with the woman. One third of the time, it is a problem with the man. Sometimes no cause can be found.
If you think you might be infertile, see your doctor. There are tests that may tell if you have fertility problems. When it is possible to find the cause, treatments may include medicines, surgery, or assisted reproductive technologies. Happily, many couples treated for infertility are able to have babies.
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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)