N73.6 Female pelvic peritoneal adhesions (postinfective)

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Excludes2 (not included here)

• postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions (N99.4)

Applies from N73 Other female pelvic inflammatory diseases

Use additional code

• code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent.

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 742-743 in MDC 13.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 614.6 Pelvic peritoneal adhesions, female (postoperative) (postinfection)

Code annotations containing back-references to N73.6

Back-references to N73.6

• Type 2 Excludes: K66.0 Peritoneal adhesions (postprocedural) (postinfection) ("female pelvic adhesions [bands] (N73.6)")
• Type 2 Excludes: N99.4 Postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions ("pelvic peritoneal adhesions NOS (N73.6)")
• Type 2 Excludes: N99.4 Postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions ("postinfective pelvic peritoneal adhesions (N73.6)")

Diagnosis Index entries for N73.6

• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › female pelvis
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › ovary
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › paraovarian
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › pelvic (peritoneal) › female
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › pelvic (peritoneal) › postpartal (old)
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › periovarian
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › peritoneum, peritoneal (postinfective) › pelvic, female
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › peritoneum, peritoneal (postinfective) › postpartal, pelvic
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › peritoneum, peritoneal (postinfective) › to uterus
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › peritubal
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › periuterine
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › tubo-ovarian
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › uterus
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › uterus › to abdominal wall
• Band (s) › uterus
• Peritonitis (adhesive) (bacterial) (fibrinous) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (localized) (perforative) (primary) (with adhesions) (with effusion) › pelvic › female › chronic › with adhesions

Nearby codes

• N73.1 Chronic parametritis and pelvic cellulitis
• N73.2 Unspecified parametritis and pelvic cellulitis
• N73.3 Female acute pelvic peritonitis
• N73.4 Female chronic pelvic peritonitis
• N73.5 Female pelvic peritonitis, unspecified
• N73.6 Female pelvic peritoneal adhesions (postinfective) (this code)
• N73.8 Other specified female pelvic inflammatory diseases
• N73.9 Female pelvic inflammatory disease, unspecified