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2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 774.7

Kernicterus of fetus or newborn not due to isoimmunization

  • A term used pathologically to describe BILIRUBIN staining of the BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN STEM; and CEREBELLUM and clinically to describe a syndrome associated with HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA. Clinical features include athetosis, MUSCLE SPASTICITY or hypotonia, impaired vertical gaze, and DEAFNESS. Nonconjugated bilirubin enters the brain and acts as a neurotoxin, often in association with conditions that impair the BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER (e.g., SEPSIS). This condition occurs primarily in neonates (INFANT, NEWBORN), but may rarely occur in adults. (Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p613)
  • 774.7 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 774.7 contains 6 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 774.* hierarchy

774.7 also known as:

  • Bilirubin encephalopathy
  • Kernicterus of newborn NOS

774.7 excludes:

  • kernicterus due to isoimmunization (773.4)


Index entries containing 774.7:

Encephalopathia hyperbilirubinemica, newborn 774.7Encephalopathy (acute) 348.30
  • bilirubin, newborn 774.7
    • due to isoimmunization 773.4
  • hyperbilirubinemic, newborn 774.7
Hyperbilirubinemica encephalopathia, newborn 774.7
  • due to isoimmunization 773.4
Jaundice (yellow) 782.4
  • nuclear, newborn (see also Kernicterus of newborn) 774.7
Kernicterus of newborn (not due to isoimmunization) 774.7