A54.02

A54.02: Gonococcal vulvovaginitis, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

A54.02 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for gonococcal vulvovaginitis, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check A54.02 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above A54.02

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on A54.0: Gonococcal infection of lower genitourinary tract without periurethral or accessory gland abscess

gonococcal infection with genitourinary gland abscess (A54.1)
gonococcal infection with periurethral abscess (A54.1)

Other codes that can never be billed with A54.02

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

N77.0Ulceration of vulva in diseases classified elsewhere
N77.1Vaginitis, vulvitis and vulvovaginitis in diseases classified elsewhere

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

A54.02 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57113Billing and Coding: Removal of Benign Skin Lesions
A58710Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
A58720Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
A58747Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Gonococcus, gonococcal›vulva(acute) (chronic)
Gonorrhea›Bartholin's gland(acute) (chronic) (purulent)
Gonorrhea›vagina
Gonorrhea›vulva
Vaginitis›blennorrhagic(gonococcal)
Vaginitis›gonococcal
Vulvitis›blennorrhagic(gonococcal)
Vulvitis›gonococcal

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.