Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 616.89
Other inflammatory disease of cervix, vagina and vulva
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
  • Female Only Dx

  • ICD-9-CM 616.89 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 616.89 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 616.89 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM N75.9 Disease of Bartholin's gland, unspecified
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM N76.5 Ulceration of vagina
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM N76.89 Other specified inflammation of vagina and vulva
Approximate Synonyms
  • Acute pyococcal bartholinitis
  • Bartholinitis
  • Carbuncle of labium
  • Caruncle of labium
  • Caruncle of vagina
  • Chlamydial bartholinitis
  • Discharge from Bartholin's gland
  • Inflammation of clitoris
  • Labial caruncle
  • Post-irradiation vaginal ulcer
  • Ulcer of vagina
  • Vaginal introitus inflammation
  • Vaginal ulcer
Applies To
  • Caruncle, vagina or labium
  • Ulcer, vagina
ICD-9-CM Coding Information
  • 616.89 is only applicable to female patients.
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 616.89:
  • Adenitis (see also Lymphadenitis) 289.3
    • Bartholin's gland 616.89
  • Bartholin's
    • adenitis (see also Bartholinitis) 616.89
  • Bartholinitis (suppurating) 616.89
    • gonococcal (acute) 098.0
      • chronic or duration of 2 months or over 098.2
  • Caruncle (inflamed)
    • labium (majus) (minus) 616.89
    • vagina (wall) 616.89
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Fournier's 608.83
      • female 616.89
    • perineum
      • female
        • inflammatory 616.9
          • specified NEC 616.89
        • noninflammatory 624.9
      • male (inflammatory) 682.2
  • Fournier's disease (idiopathic gangrene) 608.83
    • female 616.89
  • Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) 136.9
    • Bartholin's gland 616.89
  • Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation)
    • Bartholin's gland 616.89
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative 707.9
    • vagina 616.89
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