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N61

Inflammatory disorders of breast

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

Billable FY2016 only, and a category header from FY2017.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • N61.0 Mastitis without abscess
  • N61.1 Abscess of the breast and nipple
  • N61.2 Granulomatous mastitis (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Inflammatory disorders of breast
  2. FY2017 Stopped being billable

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • inflammatory carcinoma of breast (C50.A-)
  • inflammatory disorder of breast associated with childbirth (O91.-)
  • neonatal infective mastitis (P39.0)
  • thrombophlebitis of breast [Mondor's disease] (I80.8)

Inherited from the N60-N65 section Disorders of breast (N60-N65)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • disorders of breast associated with childbirth (O91-O92)