N73.6

N73.6: Female pelvic peritoneal adhesions (postinfective)

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N73.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for female pelvic peritoneal adhesions (postinfective). It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check N73.6 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions (N99.4)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

N73.6 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

Adhesions, adhesive›female pelvis
Adhesions, adhesive›ovary
Adhesions, adhesive›paraovarian
Adhesions, adhesive›periovarian
Adhesions, adhesive›peritubal
Adhesions, adhesive›periuterine
Adhesions, adhesive›tubo-ovarian
Adhesions, adhesive›uterus
Band›uterus
Adhesions, adhesive›pelvic›female
Adhesions, adhesive›pelvic›postpartal(old)
Adhesions, adhesive›peritoneum, peritoneal›pelvic, female

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.