ICD-10-CM › N00-N99 › N60-N65 › N61 Inflammatory disorders of breast › N61.1
N61.1
Abscess of the breast and nipple
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.
- FY2017 Added to the code set Abscess of the breast and nipple
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.
Inherited from N61 Inflammatory disorders of breast
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)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Boil
- Mammitis
- Carbunculus
- Furunculosis
- Folliculitis > deep
- Abscess > premammary
- Abscess > subareolar
- Abscess > submammary
- Abscess > intramammary
- Abscess > retromammary
- Abscess > mammary gland
- Disease, diseased > breast
- Disorder > breast > mastitis
- Infection, infected, infective > breast
- Abscess > areola
- Abscess > breast
- Abscess > nipple
- Furuncle > breast
- Carbuncle > breast
- Mastitis > with abscess
- Suppuration, suppurative > breast
- Suppuration, suppurative > mammary gland
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > breast
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| N61.0 | Mastitis without abscess | Valid |
| N61.2 | Granulomatous mastitis | Not billable |