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Z43.7: Attention to artificial vagina

You have an artificial vagina.

The vagina is one of the female genital organs. The vagina leads outward from the uterus. You have an artificial vagina. An artificial vagina is formed by surgery.

An artificial vagina may be attached for instance when the natural vagina had to be removed. An artificial vagina may also be attached if the vagina was damaged by a radiation treatment. Sometimes the vagina is missing from birth. In that case, an entirely new vagina may be attached.

The stoma requires special care.

You have had your artificial vagina tended to. A dressing may have been changed. The artificial vagina may also have been cleaned and cared for. The artificial vagina may also have been checked and rinsed.

Additional indicator

On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.

  • G: Confirmed diagnosis
  • V: Tentative diagnosis
  • Z: Condition after
  • A: Excluded diagnosis
  • L: Left
  • R: Right
  • B: Both sides

Further information

Note

This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.
Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.

Source

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).