Rectocele
Billable / specific
N81.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Prolapse of posterior vaginal wall
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- perineocele (N81.81)
- rectal prolapse (K62.3)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from N81)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from N81)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from N81)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from N81)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from N81)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from N81)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from N81)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from N81)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code for any associated fecal incontinence, if applicable (R15.-)
Also known as
- Prolapse of posterior vaginal wall
- Hernia, hernial, rectovaginal
- Proctocele, female
- Prolapse, prolapsed, vagina, posterior wall
- Rectocele, female
Parent code
- N81Female genital prolapseHeader