N71Non-billableSave
N71 - Inflammatory disease of uterus, except cervix
ICD-10-CM Chapter 14: Diseases of the genitourinary system · N70-N77 Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs (N70-N77) · Top-level category · FY2027
Coding Guidance
N71 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
IncludesFrom N71
Conditions this code covers.
- endo (myo) metritis
- metritis
- myometritis
- pyometra
- uterine abscess
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom N71
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- hyperplastic endometritis (N85.0-)
- infection of uterus following delivery (O85, O86.-)
Use Additional CodeFrom N71
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom N70-N77 Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs (N70-N77)
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- 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.-)
Code AlsoFrom N70-N77 Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs (N70-N77)
Report an additional code when both conditions apply.
- , if applicable, pelvic abscess (K6A.0-)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter N00-N99
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Chapter Information
Related ICD-10 Codes
More specific codes for N71
Other categories in this chapter
Codes at the same level as N71
- Acute nephritic syndromeN00
- Rapidly progressive nephritic syndromeN01
- Recurrent and persistent hematuriaN02
- Chronic nephritic syndromeN03
- Nephrotic syndromeN04
- Unspecified nephritic syndromeN05
- Isolated proteinuria with specified morphological lesionN06
- Hereditary nephropathy, not elsewhere classifiedN07
- Glomerular disorders in diseases classified elsewhereN08
- Acute pyelonephritisN10
- Chronic tubulo-interstitial nephritisN11
- Tubulo-interstitial nephritis, not specified as acute or chronicN12
- Obstructive and reflux uropathyN13
- Drug- and heavy-metal-induced tubulo-interstitial and tubular conditionsN14
- Other renal tubulo-interstitial diseasesN15
- Renal tubulo-interstitial disorders in diseases classified elsewhereN16
- Acute kidney failureN17
- Chronic kidney disease (CKD)N18
- Unspecified kidney failureN19
- Calculus of kidney and ureterN20
- Calculus of lower urinary tractN21
- Calculus of urinary tract in diseases classified elsewhereN22
- Unspecified renal colicN23
- Disorders resulting from impaired renal tubular functionN25
- Unspecified contracted kidneyN26
- Small kidney of unknown causeN27
- Other disorders of kidney and ureter, not elsewhere classifiedN28
- Other disorders of kidney and ureter in diseases classified elsewhereN29
- CystitisN30
- Neuromuscular dysfunction of bladder, not elsewhere classifiedN31
- Other disorders of bladderN32
- Bladder disorders in diseases classified elsewhereN33
- Urethritis and urethral syndromeN34
- Urethral strictureN35
- Other disorders of urethraN36
- Urethral disorders in diseases classified elsewhereN37
- Other disorders of urinary systemN39
- Benign prostatic hyperplasiaN40
- Inflammatory diseases of prostateN41
- Other and unspecified disorders of prostateN42
44 more in this chapter.