Is N90.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. N90.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does N90.81 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 N90.81?

N90.81 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above N90.81 (N90) and apply to it just the same.

N90.81

N90.81 — Female genital mutilation status

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

N90.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for female genital mutilation status. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Inclusion terms

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

Female genital cutting status

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above N90.81

These are not written on N90.81, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing N90.81 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on N90 — Other noninflammatory disorders of vulva and perineum

anogenital (venereal) warts (A63.0)
carcinoma in situ of vulva (D07.1)
condyloma acuminatum (A63.0)
current obstetric trauma (O70.-, O71.7-O71.8)
inflammation of vulva (N76.-)
severe dysplasia of vulva (D07.1)
vulvar intraepithelial neoplasm III [VIN III] (D07.1)

Risk adjustment

N90.81 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 history

N90.81 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead N90.81

5 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share N90.8. If N90.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

N90.89Other specified noninflammatory disorders of vulva and perineum

Questions about N90.81

Is N90.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. N90.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does N90.81 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 N90.81?: N90.81 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above N90.81 (N90) and apply to it just the same.