Diagnosis Code: 787.99

Short Description: Digestve syst symptm NEC

Long Description: Other symptoms involving digestive system

Code Classification:

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

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

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):

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