N82.5 — Female genital tract-skin fistulae
Is N82.5 billable?
Yes — N82.5 is billable for FY2027. N82.5 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. N82.5 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
N82.5 at a glance
| Code | N82.5 |
|---|---|
| Description | Female genital tract-skin fistulae |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does N82.5 group to?
N82.5 sits in MDC 13 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 742Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Non-Malignancy with CC/MCCsurgical
- 743Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Non-Malignancy without CC/MCCsurgical
As a secondary diagnosis, N82.5 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.
How is N82.5 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to N82.5. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Fistula › abdominouterine (cutaneous)
- Fistula › fallopian tube, external (cutaneous)
- Fistula › oviduct, external (cutaneous)
- Fistula › uteroabdominal (cutaneous)
- Fistula › vaginocutaneous (cutaneous)
- Fistula › vaginoperineal (cutaneous)
- Fistula › abdomen › uterus (cutaneous)
- Fistula › genital tract › to skin (cutaneous)
- Fistula › skin › to genital tract (cutaneous)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to N82.5.
- Uterus to abdominal wall fistula
- Vaginoperineal fistula
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from N82
The conditions below can never be reported together with N82.5 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 N82.5, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, N82.5 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)
How long has N82.5 existed?
N82.5 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.