P78.0
Perinatal intestinal perforation
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 7 never code together
P78code
Excludes1
- cystic fibrosis (E84.0-E84.9)E84.0-E84.9
- neonatal gastrointestinal hemorrhages (P54.0-P54.3)P54.0-P54.3
P00-P96chapter
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
P78.0code
Inclusion terms
- Meconium peritonitis
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 5
- Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton) Z38.2
- Perforation, perforated (nontraumatic) (of)
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
- Peritonitis (adhesive) (bacterial) (fibrinous) (hemorrhagic) (idiopathic) (localized) (perforative) (primary) (with adhesions) (with effusion) K65.9
- Meconium
- peritonitis P78.0
Alongside this code 5 same parent — P78
Medications 1
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
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