Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 616.51
Ulceration of vulva in diseases classified elsewhere
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
  • Female Only Dx
  • Manifestation Code

  • Short description: Vulvar ulcer in oth dis.
  • ICD-9-CM 616.51 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 616.51 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 616.51.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 616.51: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 616.51 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM N77.0 Ulceration of vulva in diseases classified elsewhere
616.51 Excludes
Code First
  • Code first underlying disease, as:
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 616.51:
  • Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (congenital) (degeneration) (disease) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (gangrene) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) 011.9
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative 707.9
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