ICD-10-CM Codes
N00-N99
N70-N77
N73-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N73.6

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N73.6

Female pelvic peritoneal adhesions (postinfective)

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Billable/Specific Code

Female Dx

N73.6 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 N73.6 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N73.6 - other international versions of ICD-10 N73.6 may differ.

ICD-10-CM Coding Rules

N73.6 is applicable to female patients.

Type 2 Excludes

Type 2 Excludes Help

A type 2 excludes note represents "not included here". A type 2 excludes note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition it is excluded from but a patient may have both conditions at the same time. When a type 2 excludes note appears under a code it is acceptable to use both the code (N73.6) and the excluded code together.

postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions (
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N99.4
Postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions
Type 2 Excludes
- pelvic peritoneal adhesions NOS (N73.6)
- postinfective pelvic peritoneal adhesions (N73.6)
N99.4
)

The following code(s) above N73.6 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 N73.6:

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

Female pelvic peritoneal adhesions
Female postinfectious pelvic peritoneal adhesions
Pelvic peritoneal adhesions, female
Peritubal adhesions

ICD-10-CM N73.6 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
760 Menstrual and other female reproductive system disorders with cc/mcc
761 Menstrual and other female reproductive system disorders without cc/mcc

Convert N73.6 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

Code annotations containing back-references to N73.6:

Type 1 Excludes: K66.0

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K66.0
Peritoneal adhesions (postprocedural) (postinfection)
Applicable To
- Adhesions (of) abdominal (wall)
- Adhesions (of) diaphragm
- Adhesions (of) intestine
- Adhesions (of) male pelvis
- Adhesions (of) omentum
- Adhesions (of) stomach
- Adhesive bands
- Mesenteric adhesions
Type 1 Excludes
- female pelvic adhesions [bands] (N73.6)
- peritoneal adhesions with intestinal obstruction (K56.5-)
Type 2 Excludes: N99.4
, N99.4

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N99.4
Postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions
Type 2 Excludes
- pelvic peritoneal adhesions NOS (N73.6)
- postinfective pelvic peritoneal adhesions (N73.6)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N99.4
Postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions
Type 2 Excludes
- pelvic peritoneal adhesions NOS (N73.6)
- postinfective pelvic peritoneal adhesions (N73.6)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to N73.6:

Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) K66.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K66.0
Peritoneal adhesions (postprocedural) (postinfection)
Applicable To
Adhesions (of) abdominal (wall)
Adhesions (of) diaphragm
Adhesions (of) intestine
Adhesions (of) male pelvis
Adhesions (of) omentum
Adhesions (of) stomach
Adhesive bands
Mesenteric adhesions
Type 1 Excludes
female pelvic adhesions [bands] (N73.6)
peritoneal adhesions with intestinal obstruction (K56.5-)
- ovary N73.6
- pelvic (peritoneal)
  - female N73.6
  - postpartal N73.6 (old)
- peritoneum, peritoneal (postinfective) K66.0
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K66.0
  Peritoneal adhesions (postprocedural) (postinfection)
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  Applicable To
  Adhesions (of) abdominal (wall)
  Adhesions (of) diaphragm
  Adhesions (of) intestine
  Adhesions (of) male pelvis
  Adhesions (of) omentum
  Adhesions (of) stomach
  Adhesive bands
  Mesenteric adhesions
  Type 1 Excludes
  female pelvic adhesions [bands] (N73.6)
  peritoneal adhesions with intestinal obstruction (K56.5-)
  - pelvic, female N73.6
  - postpartal, pelvic N73.6
  - to uterus N73.6
- uterus N73.6
  - to abdominal wall N73.6
- female pelvis N73.6
- paraovarian N73.6
- periovarian N73.6
- peritubal N73.6
- periuterine N73.6
- tubo-ovarian N73.6
Band(s)
- uterus N73.6
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 Diagnosis Code N73.4
      Female chronic pelvic peritonitis
      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code Female Dx
      Type 1 Excludes
      tuberculous pelvic (female) peritonitis (A18.17)
      - with adhesions N73.6

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To N73.6

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

N76 Other inflammation of vagina and vulva

N76.0 Acute vaginitis

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 N73.6

Female pelvic peritoneal adhesions (postinfective)

Postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions

Diseases of the genitourinary system

Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs

Other female pelvic inflammatory diseases

Peritoneal adhesions (postprocedural) (postinfection)

Postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions

Postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions

Peritoneal adhesions (postprocedural) (postinfection)

Peritoneal adhesions (postprocedural) (postinfection)

Peritonitis, unspecified

Female pelvic peritonitis, unspecified

Female chronic pelvic peritonitis