N99.4 Postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Excludes2 (not included here)

• pelvic peritoneal adhesions NOS (N73.6)
• postinfective pelvic peritoneal adhesions (N73.6)

Applies from N99 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system, not elsewhere classified

Excludes2 (not included here)

• irradiation cystitis (N30.4-)
• postoophorectomy osteoporosis with current pathological fracture (M80.8-)
• postoophorectomy osteoporosis without current pathological fracture (M81.8)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 393-395 in MDC 06.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 568.0 Peritoneal adhesions (postoperative) (postinfection) (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to N99.4

Back-references to N99.4

• Type 2 Excludes: K66.0 Peritoneal adhesions (postprocedural) (postinfection) ("female pelvic postprocedural adhesions (N99.4)")
• Type 2 Excludes: N73.6 Female pelvic peritoneal adhesions (postinfective) ("postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions (N99.4)")

Back-references to N99

• Type 2 Excludes: T81 Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified ("intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specific body system (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95, K91.-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for N99.4

• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › pelvic (peritoneal) › female › postprocedural
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › peritoneum, peritoneal (postinfective) › pelvic, female › postprocedural
• Adhesions, adhesive (postinfective) › postoperative (gastrointestinal tract) › pelvic peritoneal
• Complication (s) (from) (of) › genitourinary › postprocedural › pelvic peritoneal adhesions

Nearby codes

• N99.115 Postprocedural fossa navicularis urethral stricture
• N99.116 Postprocedural urethral stricture, male, overlapping sites
• N99.12 Postprocedural urethral stricture, female
• N99.2 Postprocedural adhesions of vagina
• N99.3 Prolapse of vaginal vault after hysterectomy
• N99.4 Postprocedural pelvic peritoneal adhesions (this code)
• N99.5 Complications of stoma of urinary tract
• N99.51 Complication of cystostomy
• N99.510 Cystostomy hemorrhage
• N99.511 Cystostomy infection
• N99.512 Cystostomy malfunction