N71 — Inflammatory disease of uterus, except cervix
N71 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for inflammatory disease of uterus, except cervix. 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.
- endo (myo) metritis
- metritis
- myometritis
- pyometra
- uterine abscess
Other codes that can never be billed with N71
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at N71. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading N71 alone.
- N85Other noninflammatory disorders of uterus, except cervix
Risk adjustment
N71 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 N71
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about N71
- Is N71 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. N71 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does N71 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the genitourinary system (N00-N99), in the block Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs (N70-N77).
- What cannot be coded together with N71?
- N71 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.