P78.3

P78.3: Noninfective neonatal diarrhea

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P78.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for noninfective neonatal diarrhea. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Neonatal diarrhea NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above P78.3

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on P78: Other perinatal digestive system disorders

cystic fibrosis (E84.0-E84.9)
neonatal gastrointestinal hemorrhages (P54.0-P54.3)

Other codes that can never be billed with P78.3

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

K52.9Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified
R19.7Diarrhea, unspecified

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Diarrhea, diarrheal›neonatal(noninfectious)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P78