ICD-10-CM Codes
N00-N99
N70-N77
N73-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N73.4

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N73.4

Female chronic pelvic peritonitis

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Billable/Specific Code

Female Dx

N73.4 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM N73.4 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N73.4 - other international versions of ICD-10 N73.4 may differ.

ICD-10-CM Coding Rules

N73.4 is applicable to female patients.

Type 1 Excludes

Type 1 Excludes Help

A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as N73.4. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.

tuberculous pelvic (female) peritonitis (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A18.17
Tuberculous female pelvic inflammatory disease
Applicable To
- Tuberculous endometritis
- Tuberculous oophoritis and salpingitis
A18.17
)

The following code(s) above N73.4 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to N73.4:

N00-N99
2023 ICD-10-CM Range N00-N99
Diseases of the genitourinary system
Type 2 Excludes
- 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)
Diseases of the genitourinary system
N70-N77
2023 ICD-10-CM Range N70-N77
Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs
Type 1 Excludes
- 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.-)
Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs
N73
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N73
Other female pelvic inflammatory diseases
Use Additional
- code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent.
Other female pelvic inflammatory diseases

Approximate Synonyms

Chronic female pelvic peritonitis

ICD-10-CM N73.4 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

742 Uterine and adnexa procedures for non-malignancy with cc/mcc
743 Uterine and adnexa procedures for non-malignancy without cc/mcc
757 Infections, female reproductive system with mcc
758 Infections, female reproductive system with cc
759 Infections, female reproductive system without cc/mcc

Convert N73.4 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to N73.4:

Peritonitis (adhesive) (bacterial) (fibrinous) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (localized) (perforative) (primary) (with adhesions) (with effusion) K65.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K65.9
Peritonitis, unspecified
Applicable To
Bacterial peritonitis NOS
- pelvic
  - female N73.5
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N73.5
    Female pelvic peritonitis, unspecified
    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Female Dx
    - chronic N73.4

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To N73.4

N71 Inflammatory disease of uterus, except cervix

N71.0 Acute inflammatory disease of uterus

N71.1 Chronic inflammatory disease of uterus

N71.9 Inflammatory disease of uterus, unspecified

N72 Inflammatory disease of cervix uteri

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)

N73.8 Other specified female pelvic inflammatory diseases

N73.9 Female pelvic inflammatory disease, unspecified

N74 Female pelvic inflammatory disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

N75 Diseases of Bartholin's gland

N75.0 Cyst of Bartholin's gland

N75.1 Abscess of Bartholin's gland

N75.8 Other diseases of Bartholin's gland

N75.9 Disease of Bartholin's gland, unspecified

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N73.4

Female chronic pelvic peritonitis

Tuberculous female pelvic inflammatory disease

Diseases of the genitourinary system

Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs

Other female pelvic inflammatory diseases

Peritonitis, unspecified

Female pelvic peritonitis, unspecified