WIC Nutrition

Resources for Physicians

• Evidence-Based Breastfeeding Information for Health Professionals Who Counsel New Moms
• ICD Codes for Providing Lactation Education and Management Services
• Physician Pocket Guide to Breastfeeding (630kb PDF) viewing information
• Physician's Support Letter to Employer of Breastfeeding Mother
• Carta del médico de su empleada
• Texas Lactation Support Network Directory
• Texas Lactation Support Network Hotline
• Doctors Make the Difference: Incorporating Breastfeeding into Prenatal Care (1.268kb PDF) viewing information
• Steps to a Breastfeeding-Friendly Practice (1.217kb PDF) viewing information

Diagnosis Codes Commonly Used in Lactation Counseling

Abcess, breast – 675.14
Abnormal reflex – 796.1
Abnormal weight loss – 783.2
Aerophagi – 787.9
Agalactia – 676.44
Anomaly of tongue – 750.10
Apnea – 770.8

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Breast anomaly – 757.6
Breast augmentation – 676.34
Breast milk jaundice – 774.39
Breast pain – 636.34
Breast reduction – 676.34

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Cleft lip – 749.10
Cleft palate – 749.00
Cleft palate with cleft lip – 749.20
Colic – 789.00
Complications from labor/delivery – 669.94

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Dehydration – 276.5
Dehydration (neonatal) – 775.5
Disorder of lactation – 676.94
Down syndrome – 758.0
Drug dependency – 304.90
Drug withdrawal – 779.5

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Ecrhymosis of breast or nipple – 676.34
Eczema of breast or nipple – 692.9
Engorgement, breast – 676.24

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Facial palsy – 767.5
Failure to thrive – 783.4
Feeding difficulty (infant) – 783.3
Feeding difficulty (newborn) – 779.3
Food allergy – 693.1
Fractured clavicle – 767.2

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Galactocele – 676.84
Galactorrhea – 676.64
GE reflux – 530.81

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Hyperactive gag reflex – 478.29
Hypertonicity – 779.8
Hypertrophy of tongue (macroglossia) – 750.15
Hypoglycemia (IDM) – 775.0
Hypoglycemia (maternal) – 251.2
Hypoglycemia (neonatal) – 775.6
Hypoplasia of tongue (microglossia) – 750.16
Hypothyroidism – 244.9

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Induced lactation – 676.34
Infantile hemiplegia – 343.4
Insufficient glandular tissue – 757.6

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Jaundice/hyperbilirubinemia – 774.6
Jaw clench – 315.4

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Lactation toxicity – 760.79
Large for gestational age – 766.1

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Mastitis (non–purulent) – 675.24
Mastitis (purulent) – 675.14
Micrognathia – 524.00
Milk allergy – 579.8
Motor retardation – 315.4
Multiple birth – V37.0

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Necrotizing enterocolitis – 777.5
Nipple anomaly – 757.6
Nipple cracked or fissures – 676.14
Nipple infection – 675.94
Nipple thrush – 112.3
Nipple trauma – 676.34
Nipple ulceration – 676.34

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Oral motor dysfunction – 315.4

Painful nipple (no trauma) – 676.34
Papilloma – 217
Polyfibrocystic breasts – 610.1
Polygalactia – 676.84
Pre-eclampsia (mild) – 642.44
Pre-eclampsia (severe) – 642.54
Prematurity — feeding problem – 779.3
Prenatal breast disorders – 611.9

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Rapid weight loss – 783.1
Re-hospitalization (mother) need specific dx
Re-hospitalization (neonatal) need specific dx
Relactation – 676.54
Respiratory distress syndrome – 769
Retracted/inverted nipple(s) – 676.04

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Slow feeder – 779.3
Slow weight gainer – 782.4
Small for gestational age – 764.0 plus 5th digit for specific gram weight (ICD–9 book)
Stasis, breast – 676.84
Suppressed lactation 676.54

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Teething syndrome – 520.3
Thrush, newborn – 771.7
Tongue tie/ankyloglossia – 750.0

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Ulceration of oral mucosa (non–traumatic) – 528.2
Ulceration of oral mucosa (traumatic) – 528.9
Unilateral mastectomy – V10.3
Unspecified breast disorder – 676.34
Unspecified lactation disorder – 676.94

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Reprinted from Medela Rental Roundup, Winter 1997, Volume 14, Number 1

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Last Updated July 17, 2006