N70.91

ICD-10-CM Coding Rules

• N70.91

Approximate Synonyms

• Abscess of fallopian tube

• Abscess of left fallopian tube

• Abscess of right fallopian tube

• Left fallopian tube abscess

• Pyosalpingitis inflammation of fallopian tube with pus)

• Pyosalpinx

• Right fallopian tube abscess

• Salpingitis

• Salpingitis inflammation of fallopian tubes)

Clinical Information

• Acute or chronic inflammation of the fallopian tube. It is most often caused by neisseria gonorrhoeae and chlamydia trachomatis infections. The infections usually originate in the vagina and ascend to the fallopian tube. Symptoms include abdominal, pelvic, and lower back pain, pain during ovulation and sexual intercourse, fever, nausea, and vomiting. Complications include infertility and ectopic pregnancy.

• Inflammation of the fallopian tubes.

• Inflammation of the uterine salpinx, the trumpet-shaped fallopian tubes, usually caused by ascending infections of organisms from the lower reproductive tract. Salpingitis can lead to tubal scarring, hydrosalpinx, tubal occlusion, infertility, and ectopic pregnancy pregnancy, ectopic)

Details

• N70.91 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM N70.91 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of N70.91 – other international versions of ICD-10 N70.91 may differ.