769 RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYN

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 769
Short Description: Respiratory distress syn
Long Description: Respiratory distress syndrome in newborn
Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Code Classification

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (760–779)
- Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (764-779)
  - 769 Respiratory distress syndrome
    - 769 Respiratory distress syn

This code is valid for newborn diagnoses

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 769 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- hyaline (diffuse) (generalized) 728.9
  - membrane (lung) (newborn) 769

Distress
- respiratory 786.09
  - syndrome (idiopathic) (newborn) 769

Hyaline
- membrane (disease) (lung) (newborn) 769

IRDS 769

RDS 769

Respiratory - see also condition
- distress 786.09
  - syndrome (newborn) 769
    - adult (following trauma and surgery) 518.52
      - specified NEC 518.82

Syndrome - see also Disease
- cardiorespiratory distress (idiopathic), newborn 769
- idiopathic cardiorespiratory distress, newborn 769
- IRDS (idiopathic respiratory distress, newborn) 769
- pulmonary
  - hypoperfusion (idiopathic) 769
- RDS (respiratory distress syndrome, newborn) 769
- respiratory distress (idiopathic) (newborn) 769
  - adult (following trauma and surgery) 518.52
    - specified NEC 518.82
  - type II 770.6

Crosswalk Information

The code 769 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code		ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
769		P22.0	Respiratory distress syndrome of newborn

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.

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