Other disorders of menstruation and other abnormal bleeding from female genital tract
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 626.8
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 626.8.
The Short Description Is: Menstrual disorder NEC.
Known As
Vaginal bleeding is also known as abnormal uterine bleeding unrelated to menstrual cycle, anovular menstruation, anovulatory bleeding, anovulatory bleeding (menstruation without ovulation), contact bleeding from cervix, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, dysfunctional uterine bleeding irregular infrequent, hematocolpos, hematocolpos (menstrual blood in vagina), menophania, menosepsis, menouria, menstrual loss increasing, menstrual period late, menstruation postponed, metropathia hemorrhagica, missed period, missed withdrawal bleeding, oligoovulatory dysfunctional uterine bleeding, passing large clots vaginally, retained menstruation, retrograde menstruation, supplementary menstruation, suppression of menstruation, and variation in quantity of menstrual flow.
Vaginal Bleeding Definition and Symptoms
Vaginal bleeding usually occurs during a women’s menstrual cycle, any bleeding outside of this cycle is considered abnormal. There are many causes of this abnormal vaginal bleeding, some of the most common causes are chlamydia, hypothyroidism, miscarriage, problems with the cervix, ovarian cysts, pelvic inflammatory disease, or random ovulatory cycles.