N73.8 is the authoritative medical code for Other specified female pelvic inflammatory diseases. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for other specified female pelvic inflammatory diseases (ICD-10-CM N73.8), 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
Other specified female pelvic inflammatory diseases is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code N73.8. 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 N73.8 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 N73.8?
Per Excludes1 instructions, N73.8 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 N73.8?
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 N73.8, 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
- N73.6 — Female pelvic peritoneal adhesions (postinfective)
- 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.
- Disease, diseased, pelvis, pelvic, inflammatory (female), specified NEC
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