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ICD-10-CM Code for Acute salpingitis N70.01

ICD-10 code N70.01 for Acute salpingitis is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the genitourinary system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Acute salpingitis

N70

Includes: abscess (of) fallopian tube
abscess (of) ovary
pyosalpinx
salpingo-oophoritis
tubo-ovarian abscess
tubo-ovarian inflammatory disease

Excludes1: gonococcal infection (A54.24)
tuberculous infection (A18.17)

Use additional code (B95-B97), to identify infectious agent

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