Z93.88: Other artificial opening status
You have an artificial vagina or some other stoma.
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. That includes, for instance, cleaning and checking the opening.
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
Source
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