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Diagnosis Code

P78.1 OTHER NEONATAL PERITONITIS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: P78.1

Short Description: Other neonatal peritonitis

Long Description: Other neonatal peritonitis

The code P78.1 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00–P96)
    • Digestive system disorders of newborn (P76-P78)
      • Other perinatal digestive system disorders (P78)
        • P78.1 Other neonatal peritonitis

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acute infectious peritonitis
  • Acute localized peritonitis caused by infection
  • Aseptic peritonitis
  • Bacterial peritonitis
  • Fat necrosis of peritoneum
  • Fibrinous peritonitis
  • Infectious peritonitis
  • Mesenteric fat necrosis
  • Mesenteric peritonitis with mesenteric fat necrosis
  • Neonatal peritonitis
  • Peritonitis
  • Pneumococcal peritonitis
  • Primary peritonitis
  • Serositis

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code P78.1 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Neonatal peritonitis NOS

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
P78.1 Right Arrow 777.8 Perinat GI sys dis NEC

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 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-10 Code ICD-10 Description
P78 Other perinatal digestive system disorders
P78.0 Perinatal intestinal perforation
P78.2 Neonatal hematemesis and melena due to swallowed maternal blood
P78.3 Noninfective neonatal diarrhea
P78.8 Other specified perinatal digestive system disorders
P78.81 Congenital cirrhosis (of liver)
P78.82 Peptic ulcer of newborn
P78.83 Newborn esophageal reflux
P78.84 Gestational alloimmune liver disease
P78.89 Other specified perinatal digestive system disorders
P78.9 Perinatal digestive system disorder, unspecified

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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