N70-N77 ICD-10-CM Code: Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs
Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs (N70-N77) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (N70-N77). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for N70-N77 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).
- inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs complicating:
- abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.0) Compare N70-N77 vs O00 →
- pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O85, O86.-) Compare N70-N77 vs O23 →
Code Also
Additional codes that may be required to fully describe the encounter.
- Code also, if applicable, pelvic abscess (K6A.0-)
Change history
No changes recorded for this code — unchanged since the FY2016 baseline of the change ledger.
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to N70-N77 in its code family, with their registry titles.
- N70 — Salpingitis and oophoritis
- N71 — Inflammatory disease of uterus, except cervix
- N72 — Inflammatory disease of cervix uteri
- N73 — Other female pelvic inflammatory diseases
- N74 — Female pelvic inflammatory disorders in diseases classified elsewhere
- N75 — Diseases of Bartholin's gland
- N76 — Other inflammation of vagina and vulva
- N77 — Vulvovaginal ulceration and inflammation in diseases classified elsewhere