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P76.0

Meconium plug syndrome

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 6 never code together
P76.0code
Excludes1
P00-P96chapter
Excludes2
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
  • tetanus neonatorum (A33)A33

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 3
P76.0code
Inclusion terms
  • Meconium ileus NOS
P00-P96chapter
Notes
  • Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records
Includes
  • conditions that have their origin in the fetal or perinatal period (before birth through the first 28 days after birth) even if morbidity occurs later
Index entries leading here 6
  • Delay, delayed
    • passage of meconium (newborn) P76.0
  • Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
  • Meconium
    • obstruction, newborn P76.0
    • ileus, newborn P76.0
      • meaning meconium plug (without cystic fibrosis) P76.0
    • plug syndrome (newborn) NEC P76.0
  • Ileus (bowel) (colon) (inhibitory) (intestine) K56.7
    • newborn
      • due to meconium P76.0
        • meaning meconium plug (without cystic fibrosis) P76.0
    • meconium P76.0
      • meaning meconium plug (without cystic fibrosis) P76.0
  • Plug
    • meconium (newborn) NEC syndrome P76.0
  • Syndrome — see also Disease
    • meconium plug (newborn) P76.0
Alongside this code 4 same parent — P76
P76.1 Transitory ileus of newborn P76.2 Intestinal obstruction due to inspissated milk P76.8 Other specified intestinal obstruction of newborn P76.9 Intestinal obstruction of newborn, unspecified
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
P76
Block
P76-P78
Siblings
4

Present FY2024–FY2027.