N73.5 is the authoritative medical code for Female pelvic peritonitis, unspecified. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for female pelvic peritonitis, unspecified (ICD-10-CM N73.5), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Female pelvic peritonitis, unspecified is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code N73.5. Excludes1 (not coded here): inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs complicating:; abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.0); pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O85, O86.-). Use additional code: code B95-B97, to identify infectious agent..
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for N73.5 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
- inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs complicating:
- abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.0)
- pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O85, O86.-)
Use Additional Code
Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.
- code B95-B97, to identify infectious agent.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
What can't be coded together with N73.5?
Per Excludes1 instructions, N73.5 must not be reported with: inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs complicating:; abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.0); pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O85, O86.-).
Is an additional code needed with N73.5?
Use additional code(s) to specify: code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent..
Codes in This Family (9)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as N73.5, with their registry titles.
- N73 — Other female pelvic inflammatory diseases
- N73.0 — Acute parametritis and pelvic cellulitis
- N73.1 — Chronic parametritis and pelvic cellulitis
- N73.2 — Unspecified parametritis and pelvic cellulitis
- N73.3 — Female acute pelvic peritonitis
- N73.4 — Female chronic pelvic peritonitis
- N73.6 — Female pelvic peritoneal adhesions (postinfective)
- N73.8 — Other specified female pelvic inflammatory diseases
- N73.9 — Female pelvic inflammatory disease, unspecified
Indexed Clinical Terms (1)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Peritonitis (adhesive) (bacterial) (fibrinous) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (localized) (perforative) (primary) (with adhesions) (with effusion), pelvic (see also, if applicable, Abscess, abdominopelvic), female
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