Diagnosis Code

P78.3 NONINFECTIVE NEONATAL DIARRHEA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: P78.3

Short Description: Noninfective neonatal diarrhea

Long Description: Noninfective neonatal diarrhea

The code P78.3 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)
        • P78.3 Noninfective neonatal diarrhea

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acute diarrhea
  • Congenital secretory diarrhea
  • Diarrhea
  • Diarrhea and vomiting
  • Diarrhea and vomiting, symptom
  • Diarrhea symptom
  • Diarrhea symptom
  • Diarrheal disorder
  • Digestive symptom
  • Digestive symptom
  • Hemorrhagic diarrhea
  • Hypokalemic alkalosis
  • Hypokalemic alkalosis due to diarrhea
  • Infantile erythroderma, failure to thrive and diarrhea syndrome
  • Inflammatory diarrhea
  • Neonatal diarrhea
  • Non-infective diarrhea
  • Non-infective neonatal diarrhea
  • Protracted diarrhea
  • Secretory diarrhea
  • Secretory diarrhea
  • Severe diarrhea

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code P78.3 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Neonatal diarrhea NOS

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
P78.3 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
P78.1 Other neonatal peritonitis
P78.2 Neonatal hematemesis and melena due to swallowed maternal blood
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