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Diagnosis Code

P78.0 PERINATAL INTESTINAL PERFORATION


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: P78.0

Short Description: Perinatal intestinal perforation

Long Description: Perinatal intestinal perforation

The code P78.0 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00–P96)
    • Digestive system disorders of newborn (P76-P78)
      • Other perinatal digestive system disorders (P78)
        • P78.0 Perinatal intestinal perforation

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Delayed perforation of colon
  • Fecal peritonitis
  • Fetal gastrointestinal abnormality
  • Gastrointestinal perforation
  • Inflammatory perforation of small intestine
  • Injury of sigmoid colon
  • Injury of transverse colon
  • Meconium ileus
  • Meconium peritonitis
  • Neonatal intestinal perforation co-occurrent and due to intestinal atresia
  • Neonatal intestinal perforation due to in utero intestinal volvulus
  • Neonatal intestinal perforation with in utero intraluminal obstruction
  • Neonatal isolated ileal perforation
  • Neonatal obstruction of intestine
  • Neonatal perforation of intestine caused by drug
  • Neonatal perforation of intestine due to congenital stenosis of intestine
  • Neonatal peritonitis
  • Nontraumatic perforation of large intestine
  • Nontraumatic perforation of small intestine
  • Perforated ulcer of intestine
  • Perforation of colon
  • Perforation of ileum
  • Perforation of ileum
  • Perforation of intestine
  • Perforation of intestine co-occurrent and due to meconium ileus
  • Perforation of jejunum
  • Perforation of sigmoid colon
  • Perforation of small intestine
  • Perforation of terminal ileum
  • Perforation of transverse colon
  • Perinatal intestinal obstruction
  • Perinatal intestinal perforation
  • Perinatal intestinal perforation
  • Rupture of colon
  • Rupture of ileum
  • Rupture of intestine
  • Rupture of jejunum
  • Rupture of rectum
  • Rupture of small intestine
  • Spontaneous perforation of large intestine

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code P78.0 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Meconium peritonitis

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
P78.0 Right Arrow 777.6 Perinatal intest perfor

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 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-10 Code ICD-10 Description
P78 Other perinatal digestive system disorders
P78.1 Other neonatal peritonitis
P78.2 Neonatal hematemesis and melena due to swallowed maternal blood
P78.3 Noninfective neonatal diarrhea
P78.8 Other specified perinatal digestive system disorders
P78.81 Congenital cirrhosis (of liver)
P78.82 Peptic ulcer of newborn
P78.83 Newborn esophageal reflux
P78.84 Gestational alloimmune liver disease
P78.89 Other specified perinatal digestive system disorders
P78.9 Perinatal digestive system disorder, unspecified

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023

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