N82.3

N82.3: Fistula of vagina to large intestine

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N82.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for fistula of vagina to large intestine. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Rectovaginal fistula

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above N82.3

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on N82: Fistulae involving female genital tract

vesicointestinal fistulae (N32.1)

Other codes that can never be billed with N82.3

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

K60.4Rectal fistula

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

N82.3 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56394Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy and Sigmoidoscopy-Diagnostic
A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
A56456Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy
A56632Billing and Coding: Colonoscopy/Sigmoidoscopy/Proctosigmoidoscopy

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Fistula›rectovaginal
Fistula›rectovesicovaginal
Fistula›vesicosigmoidovaginal
Sinus›rectovaginal
Fistula›enterovaginal›large intestine
Fistula›intestinovaginal›large intestine
Fistula›vaginointestinal NEC›large intestine

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.