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2025 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code N72

Inflammatory disease of cervix uteri

ICD-10-CM Code:
N72
ICD-10 Code for:
Inflammatory disease of cervix uteri
Is Billable?
Yes - Valid for Submission
Chronic Condition Indicator: [1]
Not chronic
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N72 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of inflammatory disease of cervix uteri. The code is valid during the current fiscal year for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions from October 01, 2024 through September 30, 2025.

Code Classification

  • Diseases of the genitourinary system
    N00–N99
    • Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs
      N70-N77
      • Inflammatory disease of cervix uteri
        N72

Approximate Synonyms

The following list of clinical terms are approximate synonyms, alternative descriptions, or common phrases that might be used by patients, healthcare providers, or medical coders to describe the same condition. These synonyms and related diagnosis terms are often used when searching for an ICD-10 code, especially when the exact medical terminology is unclear. Whether you're looking for lay terms, similar diagnosis names, or common language alternatives, this list can help guide you to the correct ICD-10 classification.

  • Acute cervicitis
  • Acute endocervicitis
  • Acute on chronic cervicitis
  • Acute uterine inflammatory disease
  • Acute uterine inflammatory disease
  • Atrophic cervicitis
  • Atrophy of cervix
  • Cervical, vaginal and vulval inflammatory diseases
  • Cervicitis and endocervicitis
  • Cervicitis with erosion
  • Cervicitis with Nabothian cyst
  • Chronic cervicitis
  • Chronic cervicitis with erosion
  • Chronic endocervicitis
  • Chronic endocervicitis with erosion
  • Cyst of cervix
  • Cyst of cervix
  • Cyst of uterus
  • Cyst of uterus
  • Endocervicitis
  • Endocervicitis
  • Endocervicitis with erosion
  • Endocervicitis with Nabothian cyst
  • Finding of contents of cervix
  • Follicular cervicitis
  • Infection of cervix uteri
  • Inflammation of cervix
  • Inflammation of cervix in pregnancy
  • Mucous retention cyst of cervix uteri
  • Mucous retention cyst of cervix uteri
  • Nongonococcal cervicitis
  • Pus at uterine os cervix
  • Streptococcal cervicitis
  • Ulcer of cervix
  • Ulcer of cervix
  • Ulcer of cervix
  • Ulcer of cervix
  • Ulcer of cervix
  • Ulcer of uterus
  • Ulcer of uterus
  • Ulcer of uterus
  • Ulcer of uterus
  • Ulcer of uterus
  • Ulcerative mucositis of cervix

Clinical Classification

Clinical Classifications group individual ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes into broader, clinically meaningful categories. These categories help simplify complex data by organizing related conditions under common clinical themes.

They are especially useful for data analysis, reporting, and clinical decision-making. Even when diagnosis codes differ, similar conditions can be grouped together based on their clinical relevance. Each category is assigned a unique CCSR code that represents a specific clinical concept, often tied to a body system or medical specialty.

Inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs

CCSR Code: GEN018

Inpatient Default: Y - Yes, default inpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.

Outpatient Default: Y - Yes, default outpatient assignment for principal diagnosis or first-listed diagnosis.

Clinical Information

  • Acute Cervicitis

    acute inflammation of the cervix. clinical manifestations include mucopurulent vaginal discharge and burning sensation.

  • Endocervicitis

    inflammation of the endocervix.

  • Chronic Cervicitis

    chronic inflammation of the cervix.

Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries

The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.


Includes

Includes
This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category.
  • cervicitis (with or without erosion or ectropion)
  • endocervicitis (with or without erosion or ectropion)
  • exocervicitis (with or without erosion or ectropion)

Use Additional Code

Use Additional Code
The “use additional code” indicates that a secondary code could be used to further specify the patient’s condition. This note is not mandatory and is only used if enough information is available to assign an additional code.

Type 1 Excludes

Type 1 Excludes
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
  • erosion and ectropion of cervix without cervicitis N86

Index to Diseases and Injuries References

The following annotation back-references for this diagnosis code are found in the injuries and diseases index. The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10-CM code(s).

Convert N72 to ICD-9-CM

Below are the ICD-9 codes that most closely match this ICD-10 code, based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMs). This ICD-10 to ICD-9 crosswalk tool is helpful for coders who need to reference legacy diagnosis codes for audits, historical claims, or approximate code comparisons.

Cervicitis

ICD-9-CM: 616.0

This is a direct match with no additional mapping qualifiers. The absence of a flag generally means the mapping is considered exact or precise. In other words, the ICD-10 code maps cleanly to the ICD-9 code without qualification, approximation, or needing multiple codes.

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Patient Education


Cervix Disorders

The cervix is the lower part of the uterus, the place where a baby grows during pregnancy. The cervix has a small opening that expands during childbirth. It also allows menstrual blood to leave a woman's body.

Your health care provider may perform a Pap test during your health checkup to look for changes to the cells of the cervix, including cervical cancer. Other problems with the cervix include:

  • Cervicitis - inflammation of the cervix. This is usually from an infection.
  • Cervical incompetence - This can happen during pregnancy. The opening of the cervix widens long before the baby is due.
  • Cervical polyps and cysts - abnormal growths on the cervix

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Code History

  • FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
  • FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
  • FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
  • 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. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.

Footnotes

[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.