2021 ICD-10-CM Code N71.1
Chronic inflammatory disease of uterus
Valid for Submission
N71.1 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of chronic inflammatory disease of uterus. The code N71.1 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The ICD-10-CM code N71.1 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like acute endometritis, acute on chronic endometritis, chronic endometritis, chronic endometritis, chronic endomyometritis , chronic myometritis, etc.
The code N71.1 is applicable to female patients only. It is clinically and virtually impossible to use this code on a non-female patient.
| ICD-10: | N71.1 |
| Short Description: | Chronic inflammatory disease of uterus |
| Long Description: | Chronic inflammatory disease of uterus |
Code Classification
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code N71.1 are found in the index:
Code Edits
The Medicare Code Editor (MCE) detects and reports errors in the coding of claims data. The following ICD-10 Code Edits are applicable to this code:
- Diagnoses for females only - The Medicare Code Editor detects inconsistencies between a patient’s sex and any diagnosis on the patient’s record, these edits apply to FEMALES only .
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Acute endometritis
- Acute on chronic endometritis
- Chronic endometritis
- Chronic endometritis
- Chronic endomyometritis
- Chronic myometritis
- Chronic perimetritis
- Chronic peritonitis
- Chronic pyometra
- Chronic uterine inflammatory disease
- Endomyometritis
- Myometritis
- Myometritis
- Perimetritis
- Pyometra
- Pyometra co-occurrent and due to chronic inflammatory disease of uterus
Diagnostic Related Groups - MS-DRG Mapping
The ICD-10 code N71.1 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V38.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2020 through 09/30/2021.
Convert N71.1 to ICD-9 Code
- 615.1 - Chr uterine inflammation
Information for Patients
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Also called: PID
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infection and inflammation of the uterus, ovaries, and other female reproductive organs. It causes scarring in these organs. This can lead to infertility, ectopic pregnancy, pelvic pain, abscesses, and other serious problems. PID is the most common preventable cause of infertility in the United States.
Gonorrhea and chlamydia, two sexually transmitted diseases, are the most common causes of PID. Other bacteria can also cause it. You are at greater risk if you
- Are sexually active and younger than 25
- Have more than one sex partner
- Douche
Some women have no symptoms. Others have pain in the lower abdomen, fever, smelly vaginal discharge, irregular bleeding, and pain during intercourse or urination. Doctors diagnose PID with a physical exam, lab tests, and imaging tests. Antibiotics can cure PID. Early treatment is important. Waiting too long increases the risk of infertility.
NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) -- aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Code History
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)