2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Congenital Anomalies 740-759 > Chromosomal Anomalies 758.* > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 758.31 Cri-du-chat syndrome View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 758.31 Deletion of the short arm of chromosome 5 characterized by a variable clinical picture consisting of severe mental deficiency, growth retardation, multiple abnormalities and a peculiar crying sound resembling that of a suffering kitten (hence the synonym crying cat syndrome or cri du chat syndrome), that disappears within weeks or months after birth. An infantile syndrome characterized by a cat-like cry, failure to thrive, microcephaly, MENTAL RETARDATION, spastic quadriparesis, micro- and retrognathia, glossoptosis, bilateral epicanthus, hypertelorism, and tiny external genitalia. It is caused by a deletion of the short arm of chromosome 5 (5p-). 758.31 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 758.31 contains 5 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 758.* hierarchy Alternate Terminology Deletion 5p  Index entries containing 758.31: Cri-du-chat syndrome 758.31 Deletion syndrome 5p 758.31 Syndrome - see also Disease autosomal - see also Abnormal, autosomes NEC deletion 758.39 5p 758.31 cat-cry 758.31 cri-du-chat 758.31