ICD-10-CM › P00-P96 › P70-P74 › P74.42 Disturbances of chlorine balance of newborn › P74.421
P74.421
Hyperchloremia of newborn
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2019 to now.
- FY2019 Added to the code set Hyperchloremia of newborn
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from the P70-P74 section Transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74)
Includes
- transitory endocrine and metabolic disturbances caused by the infant's response to maternal endocrine and metabolic factors, or its adjustment to extrauterine environment
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Acidemia
- Acid > intoxication
- Intoxication > acid
- Acidemia > metabolic
- Lacticemia, excessive
- Acidosis > metabolic NEC > hyperchloremic, of newborn
- Disturbance > electrolyte > newborn, transitory > hyperchloremia
- Disturbance > electrolyte > newborn, transitory > hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| P74.422 | Hypochloremia of newborn | Valid |