Diagnosis Code

P92.6 FAILURE TO THRIVE IN NEWBORN


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: P92.6

Short Description: Failure to thrive in newborn

Long Description: Failure to thrive in newborn

The code P92.6 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00–P96)
    • Other disorders originating in the perinatal period (P90-P96)
      • Feeding problems of newborn (P92)
        • P92.6 Failure to thrive in newborn

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Failure to gain weight
  • Failure to thrive
  • Failure to thrive
  • Failure to thrive
  • Failure to thrive
  • Failure to thrive in infant
  • Failure to thrive in infant
  • Failure to thrive in neonate
  • Infantile erythroderma, failure to thrive and diarrhea syndrome
  • Organic failure to thrive
  • Pediatric failure to thrive
  • Pediatric failure to thrive
  • Renal function impairment with growth failure
  • Severe feeding difficulties, failure to thrive, microcephaly due to ASXL3 deficiency syndrome

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code P92.6 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Miscellaneous Disorders Of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids And Electrolytes With Mcc (640)
  • Miscellaneous Disorders Of Nutrition, Metabolism, Fluids And Electrolytes Without Mcc (641)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code P92.6 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Type 1 Excludes Notes:
    • failure to thrive in child over 28 days old (@R62.51*)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
P92.6 Right Arrow 779.34 NB failure to thrive

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
P92 Feeding problems of newborn
P92.0 Vomiting of newborn
P92.01 Bilious vomiting of newborn
P92.09 Other vomiting of newborn
P92.1 Regurgitation and rumination of newborn
P92.2 Slow feeding of newborn
P92.3 Underfeeding of newborn
P92.4 Overfeeding of newborn
P92.5 Neonatal difficulty in feeding at breast
P92.8 Other feeding problems of newborn
P92.9 Feeding problem of newborn, unspecified


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