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    ICD-10-CM Code For Female Pelvic Inflammatory Disorders In Diseases Classified Elsewhere: Group Overview

    The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) code group N74 includes inflammatory disorders of the female pelvic organs that are manifestations of diseases classified elsewhere, such as salpingitis and oophoritis linked to systemic infections or other primary conditions. These ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes are used to document clinical scenarios where pelvic inflammation is attributable to another primary disease, capturing organ-specific involvement and the relationship to the underlying condition. Accurate coding within the ICD-10-CM N74 group supports proper claim adjudication, complete clinical documentation, and appropriate reimbursement.

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    ICD-10-CM N74: Female Pelvic Inflammatory Disorders In Diseases Classified Elsewhere Overview

    This group represents inflammatory disorders of female pelvic organs that occur as manifestations of diseases classified primarily in other code chapters. It targets conditions such as salpingitis, oophoritis, and pelvic inflammatory disease linked to systemic or other specified infections or conditions. Accurate coding matters for reimbursement because it clarifies the primary disease relationship, documents clinical complexity, and supports correct claim adjudication.

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    When to Use

    Use a code from this group when pelvic inflammatory findings are explicitly linked in the clinical record to another primary condition that is coded in a different chapter. These codes apply when documentation ties organ-specific inflammation of the female pelvis to an underlying systemic infection or other specified primary diagnosis.

    ICD-10-CM Codes

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    ICD-10-CM CodeDescription
    N74Female pelvic inflammatory disorders in diseases classified elsewhere

    DRG Codes

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    DRG CodeDescription
    742Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Non-Malignancy with CC/MCC
    743Uterine and Adnexa Procedures for Non-Malignancy without CC/MCC
    757Infections, Female Reproductive System with MCC
    758Infections, Female Reproductive System with CC
    759Infections, Female Reproductive System without CC/MCC

    Typical Clinical Scenarios

    • Young sexually active woman presents to the emergency department with acute lower abdominal pain, fever, and purulent cervical discharge after unprotected intercourse; pelvic exam reveals cervical motion tenderness and adnexal tenderness, and clinician documents an inflammatory process of the female pelvic organs attributed to an infection elsewhere. Diagnosis from this group is assigned to capture the pelvic inflammatory inflammatory disease manifestation linked to an infectious etiology. Typical codes: N74
    • Reproductive-aged patient with recurrent lower pelvic pain and dyspareunia over several months is seen in gynecology clinic; imaging shows tubo-ovarian inflammation and chronic adnexal thickening thought to represent ongoing inflammatory disease of the female pelvic organs secondary to a remote pelvic infection. A code from this group is used to record the chronic inflammatory pelvic condition as part of longitudinal management. Typical codes: N74
    • Hospitalized woman with sepsis related to intra-abdominal infection develops documented inflammatory involvement of the uterus and adnexa as a complication of an extrauterine infectious process; consult notes specify inflammatory disease of the female pelvic organs in the setting of systemic infection. A group code is assigned to reflect the pelvic organ inflammation as a concurrent complication. Typical codes: N74

    Related Codes

    N70-SALPINGITIS-AND-OOPHORITIS

    ICD-10-CM Code For Salpingitis And Oophoritis: Group Overview

    N71-INFLAMMATORY-DISEASE-OF-UTERUS

    ICD-10-CM Code For Inflammatory Disease Of Uterus Except Cervix: Group Overview

    N72-INFLAMMATORY-DISEASE-OF-CERVIX-UTERI

    ICD-10-CM Code For Inflammatory Disease Of Cervix Uteri: Group Overview

    N73-OTHER-FEMALE-PELVIC-INFLAMMATORY-DISEASES

    ICD-10-CM Code For Other Female Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases: Group Overview

    N75-DISEASES-OF-BARTHOLINS-GLAND

    ICD-10-CM Code For Diseases Of Bartholin's Gland: Group Overview

    N76-OTHER-INFLAMMATION-OF-VAGINA-AND-VULVA

    ICD-10-CM Code For Other Inflammation Of Vagina And Vulva: Group Overview

    N77-VULVOVAGINAL-ULCERATION-AND-INFLAMMATION

    ICD-10-CM Code For Vulvovaginal Ulceration And Inflammation In Diseases Classified Elsewhere: Group Overview

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    1. 1.CPT® Codes and Descriptions. AAPC. Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.Maintains the CPT code set's official descriptions and guidelines, licensed from the American Medical Association, used as the definitional source for CPT codes on this page.
    2. 2.HCPCS Quarterly Update. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's quarterly release of HCPCS Level II codes and short/long descriptors, the source for HCPCS code definitions and update history.
    3. 3.ICD-10-CM Full Code List. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Retrieved Aug 11, 2026.CMS's complete ICD-10-CM diagnosis code list, used to cross-reference diagnosis codes associated with this procedure or service.
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