N71.1

N71.1: Chronic inflammatory disease of uterus

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N71.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic inflammatory disease of uterus. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check N71.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above N71.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on N71: Inflammatory disease of uterus, except cervix

hyperplastic endometritis (N85.0-)
infection of uterus following delivery (O85, O86.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with N71.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

N85Other noninflammatory disorders of uterus, except cervix

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

N71.1 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Endometritis›chronic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.