Postmenopausal bleeding
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This page contains information about ICD-10 code: N939.Diagnosis. The ICD-10 Code N939 is assigned to Diagnosis “Abnormal uterine and vaginal bleeding, unspecified”.
It's a combination of two different conditions: menorrhagia, which is heavy bleeding during your period, and metrorrhagia, which is when your period lasts more than seven days or you have spotting between periods.
Abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) is bleeding from the uterus that is longer than usual or that occurs at an irregular time. Bleeding may be heavier or lighter than usual and occur often or randomly. AUB can occur: As spotting or bleeding between your periods. After sex.
ICD-10 code: N93. 0 Postcoital and contact bleeding.
Gynecologic hemorrhage represents excessive bleeding of the female reproductive system. Such bleeding could be visible or external, namely bleeding from the vagina, or it could be internal into the pelvic cavity or form a hematoma. Normal menstruation is not considered a gynecologic hemorrhage, as it is not excessive.
In most cases, postmenopausal bleeding is caused by issues such as endometrial atrophy (a thinning of the uterine lining), vaginal atrophy, fibroids, or endometrial polyps. The bleeding could also be a sign of endometrial cancer—a malignancy of the uterine lining, but only in a small number of cases.
Vaginal bleeding can be a symptom of menstruation or other common disorders including, polymenorrhea (menstrual cycle of fewer than 21 days), oligomenorrhea (menstrual cycle of more than 38 days), amenorrhea (no menstrual cycle for 90 days), and metrorrhagia (a period lasting more than seven days).
N90. 89 - Other specified noninflammatory disorders of vulva and perineum | ICD-10-CM.
Menorrhagia is well-covered by ICD10 codes N92. 0, N92. 2, and N92. 4.
ICD-10 | Postmenopausal atrophic vaginitis (N95. 2)
Code is only used for diagnoses related to pregnancy. O72.2 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of delayed and secondary postpartum hemorrhage. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
Bleeding may be vaginal and external, or, less commonly but more dangerously, internal, into the abdominal cavity. Typically bleeding is related to the pregnancy itself, but some forms of bleeding are caused by other events. Obstetrical hemorrhage is a major cause of maternal mortality. Specialty: