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2007 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Digestive System 520-579 > Other Diseases Of Digestive System 570-579 > Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage 578.* > 2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 578.1 Blood in stool This code may be outdated. View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 578.1 The black, tarry, foul-smelling FECES that contain degraded blood. 578.1 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 578.1 contains 5 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 578.* hierarchy 578.1 also known as: Melena 578.1 excludes: melena of the newborn (772.4, 777.3) occult blood (792.1) Index entries containing 578.1: Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly stool NEC 787.7 bloody 578.1 occult 792.1 Blood in feces (see also Melena) 578.1 occult 792.1 Findings, abnormal, without diagnosis (examination) (laboratory test) 796.4 stool NEC 792.1 bloody 578.1 occult 792.1 Hematochezia (see also Melena) 578.1 Melena 578.1 due to swallowed maternal blood 777.3 ulcer - see Ulcer, by site, with hemorrhage newborn 772.4 due to swallowed maternal blood 777.3