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2008 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.* > 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 578.0 Hematemesis Hematemesis; vomiting blood. Vomiting of blood that is either fresh bright red, or older "coffee-ground" in character. It generally indicates bleeding of the UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. 578.0 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 578.0 contains 5 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 578.* hierarchy 578.0 also known as: Vomiting of blood Index entries containing 578.0: Blood vomiting (see also Hematemesis) 578.0 Gastrorrhagia 578.0 Gastrostaxis 578.0 Hematemesis 578.0 with ulcer - see Ulcer, by site, with hemorrhage due to S. japonicum 120.2 Goldstein's (familial hemorrhagic telangiectasia) 448.0 newborn 772.4 due to swallowed maternal blood 777.3 Vomiting 787.03 blood (see also Hematemesis) 578.0