N76.1 Subacute and chronic vaginitis

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Chronic vulvovaginitis
• Subacute vulvovaginitis

Applies from N76 Other inflammation of vagina and vulva

Excludes2 (not included here)

• senile (atrophic) vaginitis (N95.2)
• vulvar vestibulitis (N94.810)

Use additional code

• code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 742-743 in MDC 13.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 616.10 Vaginitis and vulvovaginitis, unspecified (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to N76.1

Back-references to N76

• Type 1 Excludes: N89 Other noninflammatory disorders of vagina ("inflammation of vagina (N76.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: N90 Other noninflammatory disorders of vulva and perineum ("inflammation of vulva (N76.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for N76.1

• Vaginitis (acute) (circumscribed) (diffuse) (emphysematous) (nonvenereal) (ulcerative) › chronic
• Vaginitis (acute) (circumscribed) (diffuse) (emphysematous) (nonvenereal) (ulcerative) › subacute or chronic

Nearby codes

• N76 Other inflammation of vagina and vulva
• N76.0 Acute vaginitis
• N76.1 Subacute and chronic vaginitis (this code)
• N76.2 Acute vulvitis
• N76.3 Subacute and chronic vulvitis
• N76.4 Abscess of vulva
• N76.5 Ulceration of vagina
• N76.6 Ulceration of vulva