N71Inflammatory disease of uterus, except cervix
ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs (N70-N77)
Coding Notes
Includes
- endo (myo) metritis
- metritis
- myometritis
- pyometra
- uterine abscess
Excludes1 (never code both together)
- hyperplastic endometritis (N85.0-)
- infection of uterus following delivery (O85, O86.-)
Use Additional Code
- code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent
Subcategories (3)
- N71.0 Acute inflammatory disease of uterus
- N71.1 Chronic inflammatory disease of uterus
- N71.9 Inflammatory disease of uterus, unspecified