N99.3 Prolapse of vaginal vault after hysterectomy

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applies from N99 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2 (not included here)

• irradiation cystitis (N30.4-)
• postoophorectomy osteoporosis with current pathological fracture (M80.8-)
• postoophorectomy osteoporosis without current pathological fracture (M81.8)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 618.5 Prolapse of vaginal vault after hysterectomy

Code annotations containing back-references to N99.3

Back-references to N99.3

• Type 1 Excludes: N81 Female genital prolapse ("prolapse of vaginal vault after hysterectomy (N99.3)")

Back-references to N99

• Type 2 Excludes: T81 Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified ("intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specific body system (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95, K91.-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for N99.3

• Complication (s) (from) (of) › genitourinary › postprocedural › vaginal › vault prolapse
• Complication (s) (from) (of) › surgical procedure (on) › vaginal vault prolapse (posthysterectomy)
• Inversion › vagina (posthysterectomy)
• Prolapse, prolapsed › vagina (anterior) (wall) › posthysterectomy

Nearby codes

• N99.114 Postprocedural urethral stricture, male, unspecified
• N99.115 Postprocedural fossa navicularis urethral stricture
• N99.116 Postprocedural urethral stricture, male, overlapping sites
• N99.12 Postprocedural urethral stricture, female
• N99.2 Postprocedural adhesions of vagina
• N99.3 Prolapse of vaginal vault after hysterectomy (this code)
• N99.4 Postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions
• N99.5 Complications of stoma of urinary tract
• N99.51 Complication of cystostomy
• N99.510 Cystostomy hemorrhage
• N99.511 Cystostomy infection