N88.3

Incompetence of cervix uteri

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 11 never code together

N88code

Excludes2

Excludes1

Excludes2

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

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 1

Inclusion terms

Investigation and management of (suspected) cervical incompetence in a nonpregnant woman

Index entries leading here 4

Infertility
- female N97.9
  - associated with
    - cervical (mucus) disease or anomaly N88.3
    - congenital anomaly
      - cervix N88.3
    - dysmucorrhea N88.3
  - origin
    - cervical N88.3
  - due to
    - cervical anomaly N88.3
Short, shortening, shortness
- cervical (complicating pregnancy) O26.87
  - non-gravid uterus N88.3
Patent — see also Imperfect, closure
- cervix N88.3
Incompetency, incompetent, incompetence
- cervix, cervical (os) N88.3

Alongside this code 6 same parent — N88

Additional references

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