N72
BillableInflammatory disease of cervix uteri
Inflammatory disease of cervix uteri
Coding Notes
Includes
Conditions included under this code
- cervicitis (with or without erosion or ectropion)
- endocervicitis (with or without erosion or ectropion)
- exocervicitis (with or without erosion or ectropion)
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Use Additional Code
Additional codes that should follow this code
- code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Cyst of uterus758002
- Acute cervicitis19272000
- Endocervicitis31354001
- Chronic cervicitis with erosion34543006
- Cervicitis37610005
- Inflammation of cervix37610005
- Inflammatory disease of the cervix37610005
- Trachelitis37610005
- Acute endocervicitis49249007
- Chronic endocervicitis49258000
- Chronic cervicitis56728002
- Endocervicitis with erosion64150007
- Streptococcal cervicitis75530006
- Cervical cyst81956008
- Cyst of cervix81956008
- Cervicitis with erosion83774001
- Follicular cervicitis109867008
- Lymphofollicular cervicitis109867008
- Chronic endocervicitis with erosion111418006
- Acute uterine inflammatory disease198180000
- Cervical, vaginal and vulval inflammatory diseases198198001
- Cervicitis and endocervicitis198199009
- Cervicitis with Nabothian cyst198203009
- Endocervicitis with Nabothian cyst198206001
- Ulcer of uterus198333004
- Ulcer of cervix198338008
- Genital mycoplasma infection240594008
- Atrophy of cervix248915001
- Cervix atrophied248915001
- Contents of os cervix248935000
- Finding of contents of cervix248935000
- Observation of contents of cervix248935000
- Pus at uterine os cervix248938003
- Mycoplasmal pelvic inflammatory disease271488001
- Ulcerative mucositis of cervix428193004
- Acute on chronic cervicitis702717000
- Female pelvic inflammatory disease caused by Mycoplasma genitalium722522009
- Mycoplasma genitalium pelvic inflammatory disease722522009
- Mucous retention cyst of cervix uteri767356009
- Naboth follicles767356009
- Nabothian cyst767356009
- Nabothian cyst of cervix767356009
- Nabothian follicle767356009
- Infection caused by Mycoplasma genitalium1163504003
- Mycoplasma genitalium infection1163504003
- Atrophic cervicitis1259880008
- Infection of cervix uteri1260147006
- Infection of uterine cervix1260147006
- Inflammation of cervix uteri caused by Mycoplasma genitalium1335834005
- Mycoplasma genitalium cervicitis1335834005
- Infective cervicitis1340188003
- Inflammation of cervix uteri due to infection1340188003
- Cervicitis in pregnancy10743651000119105
- Inflammation of cervix in pregnancy10743651000119105
UMLS
- CervicitidesC0007860
- Cervicitides, UterineC0007860
- CervicitisC0007860
- Cervicitis NOSC0007860
- Cervicitis, UterineC0007860
- Cervix inflammationC0007860
- Inflammation of cervixC0007860
- Inflammation of cervix (disorder)C0007860
- Inflammatory disease of cervix uteriC0007860
- Inflammatory disease of the cervixC0007860
- TrachelitisC0007860
- Uterine CervicitidesC0007860
- Uterine CervicitisC0007860
- Uterine cervicitisC0007860
- Uterine cervix inflammationC0007860
- cervicitisC0007860
- cervix inflammationC0007860
- inflammation cervixC0007860
- inflammation of cervixC0007860
- cervicitis (with or without erosion or ectropion)C4290239
- endocervicitis (with or without erosion or ectropion)C4290240
- exocervicitis (with or without erosion or ectropion)C4290241
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code N72?
ICD-10-CM code N72 represents "Inflammatory disease of cervix uteri". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is N72 a billable code?
Yes, N72 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is N72 in?
N72 is in Chapter 14: Diseases of the Genitourinary System (codes N00-N99).
What codes cannot be used with N72?
N72 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: inflammatory diseases of female pelvic organs complicating:; abortion or ectopic or molar pregnancy (O00-O07, O08.0); pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O23.-, O75.3, O85, O86.-); and 1 more.
Are additional codes required with N72?
Yes, when using N72 you should also code: code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent.
What SNOMED CT codes does N72 map to?
N72 maps to 36 SNOMED CT concepts: 19272000, 49249007, 702717000, 198180000, 1259880008, and 31 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for N72?
N72 is linked to 4 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0007860, C4290239, C4290240, C4290241. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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