AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2006 Issue 4; VOLUMES 1 AND 2 NEW/REVISED CODES

Other Female Genital Mutilation

Effective October 1, 2006, code 629.29, Other female genital mutilation status, was created to identify female genital mutilation Type IV status, and other female genital cutting. Codes for female genital mutilation type I through type III were created effective October 1, 2004. There are four basic types of female genital mutilation (FGM), also called female circumcision: Type I status includes damage or removal of the clitoris Type II status includes removal of the clitoris and the labia minora Type III status includes infibulation, or the removal of the clitoris, labia minora, and cutting of the labia majora Please...

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