Salpingitis and oophoritis - N70
This notation helps users understand the scope of a code N70 category and provides additional information about the conditions or terms that fall under that category.
Category Includes:
- abscess (of) fallopian tube
- abscess (of) ovary
- pyosalpinx
- salpingo-oophoritis
- tubo-ovarian abscess
- tubo-ovarian inflammatory disease
Use Additional Code: This note indicates that an additional code should be used in conjunction with the primary code "N70" to provide a complete picture of the patient's condition or to capture associated factors.
Use Additional:
- code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent
Excludes1: It indicates that the conditions described by two codes cannot occur together in the same patient. These codes are mutually exclusive.
Type 1 Excludes:
- gonococcal infection (A54.24)
- tuberculous infection (A18.17)
These ranges represents subcategories of Salpingitis and oophoritis. The "N70" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- N70.0 - Acute salpingitis and oophoritis
- N70.01 - Acute salpingitis
- N70.02 - Acute oophoritis
- N70.03 - Acute salpingitis and oophoritis
- N70.1 - Chronic salpingitis and oophoritis
- N70.11 - Chronic salpingitis
- N70.12 - Chronic oophoritis
- N70.13 - Chronic salpingitis and oophoritis
- N70.9 - Salpingitis and oophoritis, unspecified
- N70.91 - Salpingitis, unspecified
- N70.92 - Oophoritis, unspecified
- N70.93 - Salpingitis and oophoritis, unspecified