787.99 DIGESTVE SYST SYMPTM NEC

Code Information

  • Diagnosis Code: 787.99
  • Short Description: Digestve syst symptm NEC
  • Long Description: Other symptoms involving digestive system
  • Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Code Classification

  • Symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions (780–799)
    • Symptoms (780-789)
      • 787 Symptoms involving digestive system
        • 787.99 Digestve syst symptm NEC

Synonyms

  • Abnormal defecation
  • Abnormal excretory function
  • Abnormal gastric electrical activity
  • Abnormal small bowel motility
  • Absent excretory function
  • Alteration in bowel elimination
  • Altered bowel function
  • Bile pigment regurgitation
  • Bile pigment retention
  • Change in stool caliber
  • Cholesterol crystal nucleation in bile
  • Constipation alternates with diarrhea
  • Decreased excretory function
  • Decreased frequency of defecation
  • Decreased peristalsis
  • Defecation reflex abnormal - constipated
  • Deranged intestinal motility
  • Descending perineum syndrome
  • Digestive gland sign or symptom
  • Digestive symptom
  • Discharge from anus
  • Disharmony of gingival contour
  • Edentulous interarch space limited
  • Erosion of esophageal tumor into bronchus
  • Erosion of esophageal tumor into trachea
  • Excessive fluid in stomach
  • Frequent defecation
  • Gagging
  • Gastrointestinal sensation altered
  • Incomplete passage of stool
  • Increased digestive peristalsis
  • Increased excretory function
  • Increased frequency of defecation
  • Increased gastric electrical activity
  • Increased gastric tonus
  • Increased intestinal motility
  • Increased large bowel motility
  • Increased small bowel motility
  • Infrequent bowel action
  • Ischiorectal lump
  • Lacking desire for stool
  • Lip incompetence
  • Liver firm
  • Liver problem
  • Liver soft
  • Liver tender
  • Loss of awareness of need for stool
  • Murphy's sign
  • Nodule of liver
  • On examination - dry tongue
  • On examination - per rectum - rectal mass
  • Pain associated with defecation
  • Painful straining for stool
  • Pressure indents rectal mass
  • Pus in vomit O/E
  • Rectal discharge
  • Rectal mass
  • Rectal symptoms
  • Rectal tenesmus
  • Reflux
  • Regurgitates food
  • Regurgitation
  • Regurgitation of food
  • Small bowel peristaltic rush
  • Soft stool
  • Soiling symptom
  • Straining at stool
  • Swallows quickly
  • Tenderness of digestive structure
  • Tenesmus
  • Tenesmus - anal
  • Tenesmus present
  • Unable to distinguish stool and flatus
  • Urgent desire for stool
  • Weak anal sphincter

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 787.99 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

  • Change(s) (of) - see also Removal of
    • bowel habits 787.99
  • Discharge
    • anal NEC 787.99
  • Impaired, impairment (function)
    • rectal sphincter 787.99
  • Mass
    • anus 787.99
    • rectum 787.99
  • Neuralgia, neuralgic (acute) (see also Neuritis) 729.2
    • anus 787.99
    • rectum 787.99
  • Swelling 782.3
    • anus 787.99
    • rectum 787.99
  • Symptoms, specified (general) NEC 780.99
    • digestive system NEC 787.99
    • gastrointestinal tract NEC 787.99
  • Tenesmus 787.99
    • rectal 787.99
    • vesical 788.99

Crosswalk Information

The code 787.99 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
787.99 Right Arrow R19.4 Change in bowel habit
R19.8 Oth symptoms and signs involving the dgstv sys and abdomen
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
787.3 Flatulence, eructation, and gas pain
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
This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014
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