775.5 NEONATAL DEHYDRATION


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 775.5

Short Description: Neonatal dehydration

Long Description: Other transitory neonatal electrolyte disturbances

Code Classification:

  • Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (760–779)
    • Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (764-779)
      • 775 Endocrine and metabolic disturbances specific to the fetus and newborn
        • 775.5 Neonatal dehydration

This code is valid for newborn diagnoses

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 775.5 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Dehydration (cachexia) 276.51
    • newborn 775.5
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • electrolyte NEC 276.9
      • neonatal, transitory NEC 775.5
  • Hypermagnesemia 275.2
    • neonatal 775.5
  • Imbalance 781.2
    • electrolyte 276.9
      • neonatal, transitory NEC 775.5
  • Loss
    • fluid (acute) 276.50
      • fetus or newborn 775.5
  • Newborn (infant) (liveborn)
    • electrolyte imbalance NEC (transitory) 775.5

Crosswalk Information

The code 775.5 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
775.5 Right Arrow P74.1 Dehydration of newborn
P74.4 Other transitory electrolyte disturbances 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.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
775.0 Syndrome of "infant of a diabetic mother"
775.1 Neonatal diabetes mellitus
775.2 Neonatal myasthenia gravis
775.3 Neonatal thyrotoxicosis
775.4 Hypocalcemia and hypomagnesemia of newborn
775.6 Neonatal hypoglycemia
775.7 Late metabolic acidosis of newborn
775.81 Other acidosis of newborn
775.89 Other neonatal endocrine and metabolic disturbances
775.9 Unspecified endocrine and metabolic disturbances specific to the fetus and newborn


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