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N61.1
Billable

Abscess of the breast and nipple

Chapter 14: Diseases of the genitourinary system

Inclusion Terms

4 items
  • Abscess (acute) (chronic) (nonpuerperal) of areola
  • Abscess (acute) (chronic) (nonpuerperal) of breast
  • Carbuncle of breast
  • Mastitis with abscess

Billable Code

N61.1 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

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breast abscess
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Abscess of Breast and Nipple

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left breast abscess
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Abscess of the Breast and Nipple

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Excludes1

4 items

From N61:

  • inflammatory carcinoma of breast (C50.9)
  • inflammatory disorder of breast associated with childbirth (O91.-)
  • neonatal infective mastitis (P39.0)
  • thrombophlebitis of breast [Mondor's disease] (I80.8)

Excludes2

8 items

From N00-N99:

  • 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)
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