ICD Code N73.9

ICD code N73.9 is female pelvic inflammatory disease, unspecified.

1. Presence of lower abdominal or pelvic pain in a female patient

2. Evidence of pelvic tenderness on physical examination (e.g., uterine, adnexal, or cervical motion tenderness)

3. Signs or symptoms suggestive of infection, such as abnormal vaginal discharge, fever, or elevated white blood cell count

4. No specific causative organism identified or documented

5. No further specification of the type or location of pelvic inflammatory disease

6. Exclusion of other causes of pelvic pain (e.g., ectopic pregnancy, ovarian cyst rupture, appendicitis)

Relevant CPT codes that may be used to treat ICD code N73.9 include:

- 99201–99215 (Evaluation and Management services)

- 57454 (Colposcopy of the cervix including upper/adjacent vagina; with biopsy(s) of cervix and endocervical curettage)

- 58100 (Endometrial biopsy)

- 58300 (Insertion of intrauterine device, as part of management)

- 58600 (Laparoscopy, surgical; with fulguration of oviducts)

- 58662 (Laparoscopy, surgical; with fulguration or excision of lesions of the ovary, pelvic viscera, or peritoneal surface)

- 87070 (Culture, bacterial; any other source except urine, blood or stool, aerobic, with isolation and presumptive identification of isolates)

- 87491 (Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid [DNA or RNA]; Chlamydia trachomatis, amplified probe technique)

- 87591 (Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid [DNA or RNA]; Neisseria gonorrhoeae, amplified probe technique)

These CPT codes are commonly associated with the evaluation, diagnosis, and management of conditions related to ICD code N73.9.

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