Diagnosis Code: 578.1

Short Description: Blood in stool

Long Description: Blood in stool

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the digestive system (520–579)
  • Other diseases of digestive system (570-579)
    • 578 Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
      • 578.1 Blood in stool

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Blood in feces symptom
• Complaining of melena
• Feces: fresh blood present
• Hematochezia
• Melena
• Melena on examination of feces
• Occult blood in stools
• Stool flecked with blood

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 578.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly
  • stool NEC 787.7
    • bloody 578.1
      • occult 792.1

• Blood
  • in
    • feces (see also Melena) 578.1
      • occult 792.1

• Findings, (abnormal), without diagnosis (examination) (laboratory test) 796.4
  • stool NEC 792.1
    • bloody 578.1
      • occult 792.1

• Hematochezia (see also Melena) 578.1

• Melena 578.1
  • due to
    • swallowed maternal blood 777.3
    • ulcer - see Ulcer, by site, with hemorrhage
  • newborn 772.4
    • due to swallowed maternal blood 777.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 578.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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