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778.9 - Unspecified Condition Involving The Integument And Temperature Regulation Of Fetus And Newborn


The ICD 9 Code for Unspecified condition involving the integument and temperature regulation of fetus and newborn is listed as 778.9.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 778.9
Long Description: Unspecified condition involving the integument and temperature regulation of fetus and newborn
Short Description: NB integument cond NOS
Chapter: Certain Conditions Originating In The Perinatal Period
Block: Other Conditions Originating In The Perinatal Period (764-779)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: P83.9 - Condition of the integument specific to newborn, unspecified (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 778.9:
778.0 - Hydrops fetalis not due to isoimmunization
778.1 - Sclerema neonatorum
778.2 - Cold injury syndrome of newborn
778.3 - Other hypothermia of newborn
778.4 - Other disturbances of temperature regulation of newborn
778.5 - Other and unspecified edema of newborn
778.6 - Congenital hydrocele
778.7 - Breast engorgement in newborn
778.8 - Other specified conditions involving the integument of fetus and newborn