ICD-9 Code 676.61

Galactorrhea associated with childbirth, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition

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676.61 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of galactorrhea associated with childbirth, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

ICD-9: 676.61
Short Description:Galactorrhea-delivered
Long Description:Galactorrhea associated with childbirth, delivered, with or without mention of antepartum condition

Convert 676.61 to ICD-10

The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

Code Classification

  • Complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (630–679)
    • Complications of the puerperium (670-677)
      • 676 Other disorders of the breast associated with childbirth, and disorders of lactation

Information for Medical Professionals

Code Edits

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Information for Patients


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ICD-9 Footnotes

General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.

  • Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
  • No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
  • Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.