Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 782.4
Jaundice, unspecified, not of newborn
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 782.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 782.4 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 782.4 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM R17 Unspecified jaundice
Approximate Synonyms
  • Jaundice
Clinical Information
  • (jawn-dis) a condition in which the skin and the whites of the eyes become yellow, urine darkens, and the color of stool becomes lighter than normal. Jaundice occurs when the liver is not working properly or when a bile duct is blocked
  • Clinical manifestation of hyperbilirubinemia, consisting of deposition of bile pigments in the skin, resulting in a yellowish staining of the skin and mucous membranes
782.4 Excludes
Applies To
  • Cholemia NOS
  • Icterus NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 782.4:
  • Cholemia (see also Jaundice) 782.4
    • Gilbert's (familial nonhemolytic) 277.4
  • Elevation
    • liver function test (LFT) 790.6
      • alkaline phosphatase 790.5
      • aminotransferase 790.4
      • bilirubin 782.4
      • hepatic enzyme NEC 790.5
      • lactate dehydrogenase 790.4
  • Hyperbilirubinemia 782.4
    • neonatal (transient) (see also Jaundice, fetus or newborn) 774.6
  • Icterus (see also Jaundice) 782.4
    • catarrhal - see Icterus, infectious
    • conjunctiva 782.4
    • epidemic - see Icterus, infectious
    • febrilis - see Icterus, infectious
    • fetus or newborn - see Jaundice, fetus or newborn
    • gravis (see also Necrosis, liver) 570
      • complicating pregnancy 646.7
        • affecting fetus or newborn 760.8
      • fetus or newborn NEC 773.0
      • obstetrical 646.7
        • affecting fetus or newborn 760.8
    • hematogenous (acquired) 283.9
    • hemolytic (acquired) 283.9
      • congenital (see also Spherocytosis) 282.0
    • intermittens juvenilis 277.4
    • malignant (see also Necrosis, liver) 570
    • neonatorum (see also Jaundice, fetus or newborn) 774.6
    • pernicious (see also Necrosis, liver) 570
  • Jaundice (yellow) 782.4
    • acholuric (familial) (splenomegalic) (see also Spherocytosis) 282.0
    • catarrhal (acute) 070.1
      • with hepatic coma 070.0
      • chronic 571.9
      • epidemic - see Jaundice, epidemic
    • cholestatic (benign) 782.4
    • fetus or newborn 774.6
      • due to or associated with
      • physiological NEC 774.6
    • from injection, inoculation, infusion, or transfusion (blood) (plasma) (serum) (other substance) (onset within 8 months after administration) - see Hepatitis, viral
    • Gilbert's (familial nonhemolytic) 277.4
    • hemolytic (acquired) 283.9
      • congenital (see also Spherocytosis) 282.0
    • homologous (serum) - see Hepatitis, viral
    • idiopathic, chronic 277.4
    • malignant (see also Necrosis, liver) 570
    • newborn (physiological) (see also Jaundice, fetus or newborn) 774.6
    • nonhemolytic, congenital familial (Gilbert's) 277.4
    • nuclear, newborn (see also Kernicterus of newborn) 774.7
    • obstructive NEC (see also Obstruction, biliary) 576.8
    • postimmunization - see Hepatitis, viral
    • posttransfusion - see Hepatitis, viral
    • regurgitation (see also Obstruction, biliary) 576.8
    • serum (homologous) (prophylactic) (therapeutic) - see Hepatitis, viral
    • spirochetal (hemorrhagic) 100.0
    • symptomatic 782.4
  • Yellow
    • jaundice (see also Jaundice) 782.4
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