N82
N82 — Fistulae involving female genital tract
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
N82 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fistulae involving female genital tract. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- vesicointestinal fistulae (N32.1)
Other codes that can never be billed with N82
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at N82. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading N82 alone.
Risk adjustment
N82 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead N82
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- N82.0Vesicovaginal fistula
- N82.1Other female urinary-genital tract fistulae
- N82.2Fistula of vagina to small intestine
- N82.3Fistula of vagina to large intestine
- N82.4Other female intestinal-genital tract fistulae
- N82.5Female genital tract-skin fistulae
- N82.8Other female genital tract fistulae
- N82.9Female genital tract fistula, unspecified
Questions about N82
- Is N82 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. N82 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does N82 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99), in the block Noninflammatory disorders of female genital tract (N80-N98).
- What cannot be coded together with N82?
- N82 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.