Short description: Vaginitis NOS. ICD-9-CM 616.10 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 616.10 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015.
A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis. Bacterial vaginosis (BV), also known as vaginal bacteriosis or Gardnerella vaginitis, is a disease of the vagina caused by excessive growth of bacteria.
The ICD-9 and ICD-10 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.
Short description: Vaginitis, vulvitis and vulvovaginitis in dis classd elswhr. The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM N77.1 became effective on October 1, 2018.
However, the code 616.10 does not include non-infective leucorrhea and postmenopausal along with senile vaginitis. For a physician to appropriately identify organisms using ICD-9-CM 616.10, additional codes are used. For instance, for the organism, Escherichia coli additional codes of (041.41-041.49) are used.
First, according to ICD-10, N76.0 is any disorder that is characteristic of a process of infection that involves the vagina. Secondly, N76.0 is a process of infection that affects the vagina with symptoms of purulent discharge along with pain.
Generally, diseases are classified internationally using codes. Initially, before the 30th of September 2015, the ICD-9 codes were used for classification. However, after the 1st of October 2015 ICD-10 codes of classification were adopted.
The code 616.10 however, should only be applied to claims that have a service date of before the 30th of September 2015. Due to the coding classification system of ICD-9, the disease is also given synonym names.
The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
041.9 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of bacterial infection, unspecified, in conditions classified elsewhere and of unspecified site. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
Bacterial vaginosis (BV), also known as vaginal bacteriosis or Gardnerella vaginitis, is a disease of the vagina caused by excessive growth of bacteria. Common symptoms include increased vaginal discharge that often smells like fish. The discharge is usually white or gray in color. Burning with urination may occur. Itching is uncommon.
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive.
DRG Group #867-869 - Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with MCC.
This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all cases where the ICD9 code 041.43 was previously used, B96.23 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.
Bacterial vaginosis (BV), also known as vaginal bacteriosis or Gardnerella vaginitis, is a disease of the vagina caused by excessive growth of bacteria. Common symptoms include increased vaginal discharge that often smells like fish. The discharge is usually white or gray in color. Burning with urination may occur. Itching is uncommon.
DRG Group #867-869 - Other infectious and parasitic diseases diagnoses with MCC.
This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all cases where the ICD9 code 041.82 was previously used, B96.6 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.