N82 — Fistulae involving female genital tract
Is N82 billable?
No — N82 is a non-billable header code. N82 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 8 billable codes beneath N82.
Billable codes under this header
- 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
N82 at a glance
| Code | N82 |
|---|---|
| Description | Fistulae involving female genital tract |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with N82 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- vesicointestinal fistulae (N32.1)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 14
The conditions below are not part of N82, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, N82 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
What codes fall under N82? (8)
- 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
How long has N82 existed?
N82 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
Which codes are confused with N82?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with N82 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.