Newborn esophageal reflux

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2010 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2010 Added to the draft code set draft Newborn esophageal reflux

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 P78 Other perinatal digestive system disorders

Excludes1 - never coded here

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

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.

Backflow
Reflux > esophageal > newborn

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
P78.81	Congenital cirrhosis (of liver)	Valid
P78.82	Peptic ulcer of newborn	Valid
P78.84	Gestational alloimmune liver disease	Valid
P78.89	Other specified perinatal digestive system disorders	Valid