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2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 756.6

Congenital anomalies of diaphragm

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  • A congenital abnormality characterized by the elevation of the DIAPHRAGM dome. It is the result of a thinned diaphragmatic muscle and injured PHRENIC NERVE, allowing the intra-abdominal viscera to push the diaphragm upward against the LUNG.
  • 756.6 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 756.6 contains 23 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 756.* hierarchy

756.6 also known as:

  • Absence of diaphragm
  • Congenital hernia:
    • diaphragmatic
    • foramen of Morgagni
  • Eventration of diaphragm

756.6 excludes:

  • congenital hiatus hernia (750.6)

Index entries containing 756.6:

Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly
  • apertures, congenital, diaphragm 756.6
Absence (organ or part) (complete or partial)
  • diaphragm (congenital) (with hernia) 756.6
    • with obstruction 756.6
Agenesis - see also Absence, by site, congenital
  • diaphragm (with hernia) 756.6
Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) 759.9
  • apertures, diaphragm 756.6
  • diaphragm, diaphragmatic (apertures) NEC 756.6
  • specified type NEC
    • diaphragm 756.6
Defect, defective 759.9
  • congenital, organ or site NEC - see also Anomaly
    • diaphragm 756.6
  • diaphragm
    • congenital 756.6
      • with elevation, eventration, or hernia 756.6
      • gross (with elevation, eventration, or hernia) 756.6
Deformity 738.9
  • diaphragm (congenital) 756.6
Elevation
  • diaphragm, congenital 756.6
Enlargement, enlarged - see also Hypertrophy
  • apertures of diaphragm (congenital) 756.6
Eventration
  • diaphragm (congenital) 756.6
Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent) 553.9
  • diaphragm, diaphragmatic 553.3
    • congenital 756.6
    • due to gross defect of diaphragm 756.6
  • foramen
    • Bochdalek 553.3
      • congenital 756.6
    • Morgagni, Morgagnian 553.3
      • with
        • congenital 756.6
High
  • diaphragm (congenital) 756.6
Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
  • esophageal hiatus (congenital) 756.6
    • with hernia - see Hernia, diaphragm
  • hiatus (esophageal) 756.6
  • normal aperture diaphragm (congenital) 756.6