Diagnosis Code

N76.2 ACUTE VULVITIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: N76.2

Short Description: Acute vulvitis

Long Description: Acute vulvitis

The code N76.2 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00–N99)
    • Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs (N70-N77)
      • Other inflammation of vagina and vulva (N76)
        • N76.2 Acute vulvitis

This code is valid for diagnoses for females only

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acute vulvitis
  • Allergic vulvitis
  • Cervical, vaginal and vulval inflammatory diseases
  • Infective vulvitis
  • Inflammation of clitoris
  • Inflammation of vulva
  • Plasma cell vulvitis
  • Salivary vulvitis
  • Seminal vulvitis
  • Superficial injury of vulva
  • Superficial injury of vulva with infection
  • Vulval cellulitis
  • Vulvitis
  • Vulvitis caused by chemical
  • Vulvitis circumscripta plasmacellularis

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code N76.2 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Uterine And Adnexa Procedures For Non-malignancy With Cc/mcc (742)
  • Uterine And Adnexa Procedures For Non-malignancy Without Cc/mcc (743)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code N76.2 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Vulvitis NOS

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
N76.2 Right Arrow 616.10 Vaginitis NOS

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
N76 Other inflammation of vagina and vulva
N76.0 Acute vaginitis
N76.1 Subacute and chronic vaginitis
N76.3 Subacute and chronic vulvitis
N76.4 Abscess of vulva
N76.5 Ulceration of vagina
N76.6 Ulceration of vulva
N76.8 Other specified inflammation of vagina and vulva
N76.81 Mucositis (ulcerative) of vagina and vulva
N76.82 Fournier disease of vagina and vulva
N76.89 Other specified inflammation of vagina and vulva


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023