Diagnosis Code: 777.1

Short Description: Meconium obstruction

Long Description: Meconium obstruction in fetus or newborn

Code Classification:

• Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (760–779)
  • Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (764-779)
    • 777 Perinatal disorders of digestive system
      • 777.1 Meconium obstruction

This code is valid for newborn diagnoses

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 777.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Delay, delayed
  • passage of meconium (newborn) 777.1

• Fecalith (impaction) 560.32
  • congenital 777.1

• Ileus (adynamic) (bowel) (colon) (inhibitory) (intestine) (neurogenic) (paralytic) 560.1
  • meconium 777.1
    • due to cystic fibrosis 277.01

• Meconium
  • delayed passage in newborn 777.1
  • ileus 777.1
    • due to cystic fibrosis 277.01
  • obstruction
    • fetus or newborn 777.1
      • in mucoviscidosis 277.01
  • plug syndrome (newborn) NEC 777.1

• Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
  • intestine (mechanical) (neurogenic) (paroxysmal) (postinfectional) (reflex) 560.9
    • newborn
      • due to
        • fecaliths 777.1
        • meconium (plug) 777.1
          • in mucoviscidosis 277.01
  • meconium
    • fetus or newborn 777.1
      • in mucoviscidosis 277.01
    • newborn due to fecaliths 777.1

• Plug
  • meconium (newborn) NEC 777.1

• Syndrome - see also Disease
  • meconium
    • plug (newborn) NEC 777.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 777.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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