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P92.6 - Failure to thrive in newborn


The ICD 10 Code for Failure to thrive in newborn is listed as P92.6.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: P92.6
Description: Failure to thrive in newborn
  • Excludes1: failure to thrive in child over 28 days old (R62.51)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
640 - Misc Disorders Of Nutrition,metabolism,fluids/electrolytes W Mcc
641 - Misc Disorders Of Nutrition,metabolism,fluids/electrolytes W/o Mcc
Chapter Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
Block Other disorders originating in the perinatal period (P90-P96)
Parent P92 - Feeding problems of newborn
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 779.34 - Failure to thrive in newborn
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of P92.6:
P92.0 - Vomiting of newborn
P92.1 - Regurgitation and rumination of newborn
P92.2 - Slow feeding of newborn
P92.3 - Underfeeding of newborn
P92.4 - Overfeeding of newborn
P92.5 - Neonatal difficulty in feeding at breast
P92.8 - Other feeding problems of newborn
P92.9 - Feeding problem of newborn, unspecified