2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N85.5

Inversion of uterus

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Female Dx
  • N85.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM N85.5 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N85.5 - other international versions of ICD-10 N85.5 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
  • N85.5 is applicable to female patients.
Type 1 Excludes
Type 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as N85.5. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
  • current obstetric trauma (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O71.2

    Postpartum inversion of uterus

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Maternity Dx (12-55 years) Female Dx
    O71.2
    )
  • postpartum inversion of uterus (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code O71.2

    Postpartum inversion of uterus

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Maternity Dx (12-55 years) Female Dx
    O71.2
    )
The following code(s) above N85.5 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to N85.5:
  • N00-N99
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range N00-N99

    Diseases of the genitourinary system

    Type 2 Excludes
    • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
    • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
    • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
    • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • neoplasms (C00-D49)
    • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
    Diseases of the genitourinary system
  • N85
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N85

    Other noninflammatory disorders of uterus, except cervix

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • endometriosis (N80.-)
    • inflammatory diseases of uterus (N71.-)
    • noninflammatory disorders of cervix, except malposition (N86-N88)
    • polyp of corpus uteri (N84.0)
    • uterine prolapse (N81.-)
    Other noninflammatory disorders of uterus, except cervix
Approximate Synonyms
  • Uterine inversion
Clinical Information
  • A complication of obstetric labor in which the corpus of the uterus is forced completely or partially through the uterine cervix. This can occur during the late stages of labor and is associated with immediate postpartum hemorrhage.
ICD-10-CM N85.5 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 742 Uterine and adnexa procedures for non-malignancy with cc/mcc
  • 743 Uterine and adnexa procedures for non-malignancy without cc/mcc
  • 760 Menstrual and other female reproductive system disorders with cc/mcc
  • 761 Menstrual and other female reproductive system disorders without cc/mcc

Convert N85.5 to ICD-9-CM

Code History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to N85.5:
  • Inversion
    • uterus (chronic) (postinfectional) (postpartal, old) N85.5
  • Malposition
    • uterus (acute) (acquired) (adherent) (asymptomatic) (postinfectional) (postpartal, old) N85.4
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N85.4

      Malposition of uterus

        2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Female Dx
      Applicable To
      • Anteversion of uterus
      • Retroflexion of uterus
      • Retroversion of uterus
      Type 1 Excludes
      • malposition of uterus complicating pregnancy, labor or delivery (O34.5-, O65.5)
      • inversion N85.5
  • Sclerosis, sclerotic
    • endometrium N85.5

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To N85.5
N84.8 Polyp of other parts of female genital tract
N84.9 Polyp of female genital tract, unspecified
N85 Other noninflammatory disorders of uterus, except cervix
N85.0 Endometrial hyperplasia
N85.00 …… unspecified
N85.01 Benign endometrial hyperplasia
N85.02 Endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia [EIN]
N85.2 Hypertrophy of uterus
N85.3 Subinvolution of uterus
N85.4 Malposition of uterus
N85.5 Inversion of uterus
N85.6 Intrauterine synechiae
N85.7 Hematometra
N85.8 Other specified noninflammatory disorders of uterus
N85.9 Noninflammatory disorder of uterus, unspecified
N85.A Isthmocele
N86 Erosion and ectropion of cervix uteri
N87 Dysplasia of cervix uteri
N87.0 Mild cervical dysplasia
N87.1 Moderate cervical dysplasia
N87.9 Dysplasia of cervix uteri, unspecified

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.