N88.3

N88.3: Incompetence of cervix uteri

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N88.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for incompetence of cervix uteri. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check N88.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

cervical incompetence complicating pregnancy (O34.3-)

Inclusion terms

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

Investigation and management of (suspected) cervical incompetence in a nonpregnant woman

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above N88.3

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on N88: Other noninflammatory disorders of cervix uteri

inflammatory disease of cervix (N72)
polyp of cervix (N84.1)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Incompetency, incompetent, incompetence›cervix, cervical(os)
Patent›cervix
Short, shortening, shortness›cervical›non-gravid uterus
Infertility›female›associated with›cervical disease or anomaly(mucus)
Infertility›female›associated with›dysmucorrhea
Infertility›female›due to›cervical anomaly
Infertility›female›origin›cervical
Infertility›female›associated with›congenital anomaly›cervix

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under N88