Perinatal intestinal perforation
Billable / specificHCC V28 78
P78.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Meconium peritonitis
Includes (from P78)
- 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
- Note: Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from P78)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from P78)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from P78)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from P78)
- tetanus neonatorum (A33) (from P78)
Also known as
- Meconium peritonitis
- Meconium, peritonitis
- Newborn, affected by, intestinal perforation
- Newborn, affected by, meconium peritonitis
- Perforation, perforated, bowel, newborn
- Perforation, perforated, colon, newborn
- Perforation, perforated, ileum, newborn
- Perforation, perforated, intestine NEC, newborn
- Perforation, perforated, intestine NEC, ulcerative NEC, newborn
- Perforation, perforated, rectum, newborn
- Perforation, perforated, sigmoid, newborn
- Peritonitis, meconium
- Peritonitis, neonatal, meconium
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, intestine, intestinal, perforating, newborn
Parent code
- P78Other perinatal digestive system disordersHeader