787.3 FLATUL/ERUCTAT/GAS PAIN


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 787.3

Short Description: Flatul/eructat/gas pain

Long Description: Flatulence, eructation, and gas pain

Code Classification:

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Symptoms (780-789)
      • 787 Symptoms involving digestive system
        • 787.3 Flatul/eructat/gas pain

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 787.3 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Belching (see also Eructation) 787.3
  • Bloating 787.3
  • Colic (recurrent) 789.7
    • flatulent 787.3
  • Distention
    • abdomen (gaseous) 787.3
    • gaseous (abdomen) 787.3
  • Eructation 787.3
    • nervous 306.4
    • psychogenic 306.4
  • Excess, excessive, excessively
    • gas 787.3
  • Flatulence 787.3
  • Flatus 787.3
    • vaginalis 629.89
  • Gas 787.3
    • asphyxia, asphyxiation, inhalation, poisoning, suffocation NEC 987.9
      • specified gas - see Table of Drugs and Chemicals
    • bacillus gangrene or infection - see Gas, gangrene
    • cyst, mesentery 568.89
    • excessive 787.3
    • gangrene 040.0
      • with
        • abortion - see Abortion, by type, with sepsis
        • ectopic pregnancy (see also categories 633.0-633.9) 639.0
        • molar pregnancy (see also categories 630-632) 639.0
      • following
        • abortion 639.0
        • ectopic or molar pregnancy 639.0
      • puerperal, postpartum, childbirth 670.8
    • on stomach 787.3
    • pains 787.3
  • Pain(s) (see also Painful) 780.96
    • gas (intestinal) 787.3
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • intestinal
      • gas 787.3
  • Tympanism 787.3
  • Tympanites (abdominal) (intestine) 787.3
  • Tympany
    • abdomen 787.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 787.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
787.3 Right Arrow R14.0 Abdominal distension (gaseous)
R14.1 Gas pain
R14.2 Eructation
R14.3 Flatulence
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
787.01 Nausea with vomiting
787.02 Nausea alone
787.03 Vomiting alone
787.04 Bilious emesis
787.1 Heartburn
787.20 Dysphagia, unspecified
787.21 Dysphagia, oral phase
787.22 Dysphagia, oropharyngeal phase
787.23 Dysphagia, pharyngeal phase
787.24 Dysphagia, pharyngoesophageal phase
787.29 Other dysphagia
787.4 Visible peristalsis
787.5 Abnormal bowel sounds
787.60 Full incontinence of feces
787.61 Incomplete defecation
787.62 Fecal smearing
787.63 Fecal urgency
787.7 Abnormal feces
787.91 Diarrhea
787.99 Other symptoms involving digestive system


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