GA34.02

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Vulvodynia

Description

Vulvodynia describes a chronic sensation of pain, burning or rawness of vulval skin which cannot be ascribed to any specific cause and persists for at least three months. Symptoms may be diffuse and unprovoked (dysaesthetic vulvodynia) or localised, usually to the vulval vestibule, and provoked by touch (vestibulodynia). Dysaesthetic vulvodynia characteristically occurs in postmenopausal women who are often not sexually active: pain is spontaneous and often occurs independently of touch. Vestibulodynia occurs typically in younger women and is characterised by vestibular tenderness to touch, erythema of the vestibular epithelium and secondary dyspareunia.

Index terms

  • Vulvodynia
  • Burning sensation of vulva
  • Vulval pain syndrome
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  • Vulval dysaesthesia syndrome
  • Dysaesthetic vulvodynia
  • Vestibulodynia

Exclusions from above levels

  • GA12 – Female dyspareunia
  • GA34.2 – Female pelvic pain
  • MG30.00 – Chronic primary visceral pain
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  • MG30.4 – Chronic secondary visceral pain
  • 01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
  • 05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
  • 18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
  • 22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Sibling codes

  • GA34.00 – Vulval pain
  • GA34.01 – Perineal pain
  • GA34.0Y – Other specified pain related to vulva, vagina or pelvic floor
  • GA34.0Z – Pain related to vulva, vagina or pelvic floor, unspecified

Foundation entity

Vulvodynia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1539507119

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: GA34.0: Pain related to vulva, vagina or pelvic floor › GA34: Female pelvic pain associated with genital organs or menstrual cycle › 16: Diseases of the genitourinary system