N70
N70: Salpingitis and oophoritis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
N70 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for salpingitis and oophoritis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Use additional code
Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
Includes
Conditions this code covers.
- abscess (of) fallopian tube
- abscess (of) ovary
- pyosalpinx
- salpingo-oophoritis
- tubo-ovarian abscess
- tubo-ovarian inflammatory disease
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead N70
3 child codes. Green means billable.