ICD-10 · PDGM grouping
N70-N77 — Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs
Every ICD-10-CM code in this range and the PDGM clinical group CMS assigns to it, read from the CMS grouper crosswalk v07.2.26.
Codes in range
39
No clinical group
6
A period cannot be grouped from these.
Barred as primary
0
CMS rejects these in the primary position.
Where these codes group
20 of the 39 codes in N70-N77 group to MMTA - Gastrointestinal tract and Genitourinary system, but the range is not uniform — it spreads across 2 clinical groups. A further 6 are assigned no clinical group at all, which means a 30-day period cannot be grouped from them.
Code families in N70-N77
One page per three-character family: every code in it, whether it can lead a claim, its clinical group and comorbidity subgroup.
- N70Salpingitis and oophoritis9 codes
- N71Inflammatory disease of uterus, except cervix3 codes
- N72Inflammatory disease of cervix uteri1 code
- N73Other female pelvic inflammatory diseases9 codes
- N74Female pelvic inflammatory disorders in diseases classified elsewhere1 code
- N75Diseases of Bartholin's gland4 codes
- N76Other inflammation of vagina and vulva10 codes
- N77Vulvovaginal ulceration and inflammation in diseases classified elsewhere2 codes
Every code in N70-N77
Descriptions are CMS’s own, abbreviated as CMS abbreviates them.
| Code | Description | Clinical group | Primary position |
|---|---|---|---|
| N7001 | Acute salpingitis | A | Can lead a claim |
| N7002 | Acute oophoritis | A | Can lead a claim |
| N7003 | Acute salpingitis and oophoritis | A | Can lead a claim |
| N7011 | Chronic salpingitis | A | Can lead a claim |
| N7012 | Chronic oophoritis | A | Can lead a claim |
| N7013 | Chronic salpingitis and oophoritis | A | Can lead a claim |
| N7091 | Salpingitis, unspecified | A | Can lead a claim |
| N7092 | Oophoritis, unspecified | A | Can lead a claim |
| N7093 | Salpingitis and oophoritis, unspecified | J | Can lead a claim |
| N710 | Acute inflammatory disease of uterus | J | Can lead a claim |
| N711 | Chronic inflammatory disease of uterus | A | Can lead a claim |
| N719 | Inflammatory disease of uterus, unspecified | None | Cannot lead a claim |
| N72 | Inflammatory disease of cervix uteri | A | Can lead a claim |
| N730 | Acute parametritis and pelvic cellulitis | J | Can lead a claim |
| N731 | Chronic parametritis and pelvic cellulitis | J | Can lead a claim |
| N732 | Unspecified parametritis and pelvic cellulitis | J | Can lead a claim |
| N733 | Female acute pelvic peritonitis | J | Can lead a claim |
| N734 | Female chronic pelvic peritonitis | A | Can lead a claim |
| N735 | Female pelvic peritonitis, unspecified | J | Can lead a claim |
| N736 | Female pelvic peritoneal adhesions (postinfective) | J | Can lead a claim |
| N738 | Other specified female pelvic inflammatory diseases | J | Can lead a claim |
| N739 | Female pelvic inflammatory disease, unspecified | None | Cannot lead a claim |
| N74 | Female pelvic inflam disorders in diseases classd elswhr | None | Cannot lead a claim |
| N750 | Cyst of Bartholin's gland | J | Can lead a claim |
| N751 | Abscess of Bartholin's gland | J | Can lead a claim |
| N758 | Other diseases of Bartholin's gland | A | Can lead a claim |
| N759 | Disease of Bartholin's gland, unspecified | None | Cannot lead a claim |
| N760 | Acute vaginitis | J | Can lead a claim |
| N761 | Subacute and chronic vaginitis | J | Can lead a claim |
| N762 | Acute vulvitis | J | Can lead a claim |
| N763 | Subacute and chronic vulvitis | J | Can lead a claim |
| N764 | Abscess of vulva | J | Can lead a claim |
| N765 | Ulceration of vagina | J | Can lead a claim |
| N766 | Ulceration of vulva | J | Can lead a claim |
| N7681 | Mucositis (ulcerative) of vagina and vulva | A | Can lead a claim |
| N7682 | Fournier disease of vagina and vulva | J | Can lead a claim |
| N7689 | Other specified inflammation of vagina and vulva | J | Can lead a claim |
| N770 | Ulceration of vulva in diseases classified elsewhere | None | Cannot lead a claim |
| N771 | Vaginitis, vulvitis and vulvovaginitis in dis classd elswhr | None | Cannot lead a claim |
Source: CMS HH PPS Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective 2026-10-01. This is the crosswalk Medicare runs a claim through. Grouping also depends on admission source, timing, the OASIS functional items and the rest of the diagnosis list.
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