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P78.8

P78.8: Other specified perinatal digestive system disorders

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

P78.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified perinatal digestive system disorders. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above P78.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on P78: Other perinatal digestive system disorders

Other codes that can never be billed with P78.8

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

  • K21Gastro-esophageal reflux disease
  • K27Peptic ulcer, site unspecified
  • K74Fibrosis and cirrhosis of liver
  • E83.11Hemochromatosis

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead P78.8

5 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under P78

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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