N76.82: Fournier disease of vagina and vulva
N76.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for fournier disease of vagina and vulva. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check N76.82 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Code also
Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Fournier gangrene of vagina and vulva
Other codes that can never be billed with N76.82
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
N76.82 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 92 Bone/Joint/Muscle/Severe Soft Tissue Infections/Necrosis0.479 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
N76.82 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- 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
- A58761Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Syndromic Panels for Infectious Disease Pathogen Identification Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Fournier disease or gangrene›female
- Fournier disease or gangrene›vagina and vulva
- Gangrene, gangrenous›vulva
- Disease, diseased›Fournier›female
- Disease, diseased›Fournier›vagina and vulva
- Gangrene, gangrenous›Fournier›female
- Gangrene, gangrenous›Fournier›vagina and vulva
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.