Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 778.4
Other disturbances of temperature regulation of newborn
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
  • Newborn/Neonate Only Dx (0 years)

  • Short description: NB temp regulat dis NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 778.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 778.4 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 778.4.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 778.4: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 778.4 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM P81.0 Environmental hyperthermia of newborn
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM P81.8 Other specified disturbances of temperature regulation of newborn
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM P81.9 Disturbance of temperature regulation of newborn, unspecified
Applies To
  • Dehydration fever in newborn
  • Environmentally induced pyrexia
  • Hyperthermia in newborn
  • Transitory fever of newborn
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 778.4:
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • temperature regulation, fetus or newborn 778.4
  • Fever 780.60
    • dehydration, newborn 778.4
    • newborn (environmentally-induced) 778.4
    • transitory of newborn 778.4
  • Hyperthermia (of unknown origin) (see also Pyrexia) 780.60
    • newborn 778.4
  • Newborn (infant) (liveborn)
    • fever (environmentally-induced) 778.4
  • Pyrexia (of unknown origin) (P.U.O.) 780.60
    • environmentally-induced newborn 778.4
    • newborn, environmentally-induced 778.4
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