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N89.5

N89.5: Stricture and atresia of vagina

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N89.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for stricture and atresia of vagina. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1: never code together

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

  • congenital atresia or stricture (Q52.4)
  • postprocedural adhesions of vagina (N99.2)

Inclusion terms

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

  • Vaginal adhesions
  • Vaginal stenosis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above N89.5

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on N89: Other noninflammatory disorders of vagina

  • abnormal results from vaginal cytologic examination without histologic confirmation (R87.62-)
  • carcinoma in situ of vagina (D07.2)
  • HGSIL of vagina (R87.623)
  • inflammation of vagina (N76.-)
  • severe dysplasia of vagina (D07.2)
  • trichomonal leukorrhea (A59.00)
  • vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia [VAIN], grade III (D07.2)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above N89.5

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

Written on N89: Other noninflammatory disorders of vagina

  • senile (atrophic) vaginitis (N95.2)

Other codes that can never be billed with N89.5

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

  • R87.62Abnormal cytological findings in specimens from vagina
  • R87.7Abnormal histological findings in specimens from female genital organs

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Adhesions, adhesive›vagina(chronic)
  • Band›vagina
  • Closure›vagina
  • Contraction, contracture, contracted›vagina(outlet)
  • Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive›vagina
  • Occlusion, occluded›vagina
  • Stenosis, stenotic›vagina
  • Atresia, atretic›vagina›acquired(postinfectional) (senile)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under N89

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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