P78.8
Other specified perinatal digestive system disorders
Not billable — category only 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
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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 2
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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 filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Alongside this code 5 same parent — P78
Subordinate codes 5
Medications 3
1266 Digestive System Diseases drugs 147 Digestive System Neoplasms drugs 5 Digestive System Abnormalities drugs
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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