AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2016 Issue 4; ICD-10-CM NEW/REVISED CODES

Longitudinal Vaginal Septum

Code Q52.12, Longitudinal vaginal septum, has been further expanded and unique codes have been created. At the request of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the new codes differentiate nonobstructing vaginal septum from obstructing vaginal septum, and also include detail about laterality and microperforation as follows: longitudinal vaginal septum, nonobstructing (Q52.120); longitudinal vaginal septum, obstructing, right side (Q52.121); longitudinal vaginal septum, obstructing, left side (Q52.122); longitudinal vaginal septum, microperforate, right side (Q52.123); longitudinal vaginal septum, microperforate, left side (Q52.124); and longitudinal vaginal septum, unspecified (Q52.129). A vaginal septum occurs when...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS .


  • The official AHA publication for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS coding guidelines and advice
  • Current newsletters added each quarter
  • Full Archives - over 3100 articles
  • ALL years/issues back to 1984 organized by year and issue
  • Includes ICD-10-CM/PCS Articles since 2013
  • Fully searchable through Find-A-Code's Comprehensive Search
  • Codes mentioned in articles are linked to Code Information pages
  • Code Information pages link back to related articles
  • View all the articles associated with any code, right from the code page!
Access to this feature is available in the following products:
  • AHA's Coding Clinic® - ICD-10-CM/PCS +Archives

demo
request yours today
 subscribe
start today
 newsletter
free subscription

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.