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N73.2

Unspecified parametritis and pelvic cellulitis

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 8 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 11 never code together
N70-N77block
Excludes1
  • inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs complicating:
  • abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.0)O00-O07O08.0
  • pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O85, O86.-)O23.-O75.3O85O86.-
N00-N99chapter
Excludes2
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 2
N73.2code
Inclusion terms
  • Any condition in N73.0 unspecified whether acute or chronicN73.0N73.0
N73code
Use additional code
  • code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent.B95-B97
Index entries leading here 3
  • Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
    • broad ligament N73.2
    • parametric, parametrium N73.2
    • parauterine N73.2
    • perimetric N73.2
    • periuterine N73.2
    • round ligament N73.2
    • uterus, uterine (wall) — see also Endometritis
  • Cellulitis (diffuse) (phlegmonous) (septic) (suppurative) L03.90
    • pelvis, pelvic (chronic)
    • periuterine N73.2
  • Parametritis N73.2
Alongside this code 8 same parent — N73
N73.0 Acute parametritis and pelvic cellulitis N73.1 Chronic 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
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
N73
Block
N70-N77
Siblings
8

Present FY2024–FY2027.