N73
N73 — Other female pelvic inflammatory diseases
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
N73 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other female pelvic inflammatory diseases. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with N73
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at N73. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading N73 alone.
- K65Peritonitis
Risk adjustment
N73 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead N73
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- N73.0Acute parametritis and pelvic cellulitis
- N73.1Chronic parametritis and pelvic cellulitis
- N73.2Unspecified parametritis and pelvic cellulitis
- N73.3Female acute pelvic peritonitis
- N73.4Female chronic pelvic peritonitis
- N73.5Female pelvic peritonitis, unspecified
- N73.6Female pelvic peritoneal adhesions (postinfective)
- N73.8Other specified female pelvic inflammatory diseases
- N73.9Female pelvic inflammatory disease, unspecified
Questions about N73
- Is N73 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. N73 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does N73 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99), in the block Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs (N70-N77).