N70Salpingitis and oophoritis
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs (N70-N77)
Coding Notes
Includes
- abscess (of) fallopian tube
- abscess (of) ovary
- pyosalpinx
- salpingo-oophoritis
- tubo-ovarian abscess
- tubo-ovarian inflammatory disease
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- gonococcal infection (A54.24)
- tuberculous infection (A18.17)
Use Additional Code
- code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent
Subcategories (3)
- N70.0 Acute salpingitis and oophoritis
- N70.1 Chronic salpingitis and oophoritis
- N70.9 Salpingitis and oophoritis, unspecified