Excludes1

  • 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.-)
  1. N73 Other female pelvic inflammatory diseases

    Use additional code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent.

    1. N73.0 Acute parametritis and pelvic cellulitis

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Abscess of broad ligament
      • Abscess of parametrium
      • Pelvic cellulitis, female
    2. N73.1 Chronic parametritis and pelvic cellulitis

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Any condition in N73.0 specified as chronic
    3. N73.2 Unspecified parametritis and pelvic cellulitis

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Any condition in N73.0 unspecified whether acute or chronic
    4. N73.3 Female acute pelvic peritonitis

    5. N73.4 Female chronic pelvic peritonitis

    6. N73.5 Female pelvic peritonitis, unspecified

    7. N73.6 Female pelvic peritoneal adhesions (postinfective)

    8. N73.8 Other specified female pelvic inflammatory diseases

    9. N73.9 Female pelvic inflammatory disease, unspecified

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Female pelvic infection or inflammation NOS
Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.