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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 774.6

Unspecified fetal and neonatal jaundice

 On October 1, 2008 the 2009 ICD-9-CM codes came into effect. Therefore, this code may be out of date.

The 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 774.6 can be accessed here.

  • A transient unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia that occurs between the second and fifth days of life because the hepatic enzyme GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE required for BILIRUBIN detoxification is inadequate.
  • 774.6 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 774.6 contains 7 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 774.* hierarchy

774.6 also known as:

  • Icterus neonatorum
  • Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (transient)
  • Physiologic jaundice NOS in newborn

774.6 excludes:

  • that in preterm infants (774.2)


Index entries containing 774.6:

Hyperbilirubinemia 782.4
  • neonatal (transient) (see also Jaundice, fetus or newborn) 774.6
Icterus (see also Jaundice) 782.4
  • conjunctiva 782.4
    • newborn 774.6
  • neonatorum (see also Jaundice, fetus or newborn) 774.6
Jaundice (yellow) 782.4
  • fetus or newborn 774.6
    • due to or associated with
    • physiological NEC 774.6
  • newborn (physiological) (see also Jaundice, fetus or newborn) 774.6
  • symptomatic 782.4
    • newborn 774.6