N73.6 is the authoritative medical code for Female pelvic peritoneal adhesions (postinfective). This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for female pelvic peritoneal adhesions (postinfective) (ICD-10-CM N73.6), 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 peritoneal adhesions (postinfective) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code N73.6. 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.-). Excludes2 (not included here): postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions N99.4. Use additional code: code B95-B97, to identify infectious agent..
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for N73.6 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.-)
Excludes2 — Not Included Here
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
- postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions N99.4
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 N73.6?
Per official ICD-10-CM Excludes1 instructions, N73.6 must not be reported together 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.-).
Can N73.6 be reported alongside related conditions?
Per official ICD-10-CM Excludes2 instructions, N73.6 and the following are not considered part of each other and may both be reported when both conditions are present: postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions (N99.4).
Is an additional code needed with N73.6?
Use additional code(s) to specify: code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent..
Nearest Codes in This Family
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to N73.6 in its code family, 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
- N73.5 — Female pelvic peritonitis, unspecified
- N73.8 — Other specified female pelvic inflammatory diseases
- N73.9 — Female pelvic inflammatory disease, unspecified
Indexed Clinical Terms (16)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), female pelvis
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), ovary
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), paraovarian
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), pelvic (peritoneal), female
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), pelvic (peritoneal), postpartal (old)
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), periovarian
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), peritoneum, peritoneal (postinfective), pelvic, female
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), peritoneum, peritoneal (postinfective), postpartal, pelvic
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), peritoneum, peritoneal (postinfective), to uterus
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), peritubal
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), periuterine
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), tubo-ovarian
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), uterus
- Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective), uterus, to abdominal wall
- Band (s), uterus
- Peritonitis (adhesive) (bacterial) (fibrinous) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (localized) (perforative) (primary) (with adhesions) (with effusion), pelvic (see also, if applicable, Abscess, abdominopelvic), female, chronic, with adhesions