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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Birth Defects Res. 2017 Dec 1;110(4):352–363. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1157

Selected Major Birth Defects, ICD-9-CM codes, and CDC/BPA codes.

Birth defects ICD-9-CM codes CDC/BPA codes
Central nervous system defects
 Spina bifida without anencephalus 741.0–741.9 w/o 740.0–740.1 741.00–741.99 w/o 740.00–740.10
 Encephalocele 742.0 742.00–742.09

Congenital heart defects
 Common truncus 745.0 745.00–45.01
 Transposition of the great arteries 745.10, .11, .12, .19 745.10, .11, .12, .19
 Tetralogy of Fallot 745.2 745.20–745.21, 746.84, 747.31
 Atrioventricular septal defect 745.60, .61, .69 w 758.0 745.60–745.69 w 758.00–758.09
 Atrioventricular septal defect (occurring without Down syndrome) 745.60, .61, .69 wo758.0 745.60–745.69 wo758.00–758.09
 Aortic valve stenosis 746.3 746.30
 Hypoplastic left heart syndrome 746.7 746.70
 Coarctation of aorta 747.10 747.10–747.19

Oral clefts
 Cleft palate without cleft lip 749.0 749.00–749.09
 Cleft lip with or without cleft palate 749.1, 749.2 749.10–749.29

Gastrointestinal defects
 Esophageal atresia/tracheoesophageal fistula 750.3 750.30–750.35
 Pyloric stenosis 750.5 750.51
 Rectal and large intestinal atresia/stenosis 751.2 751.20–751.24

Musculoskeletal defects
 Upper limb deficiencies 755.20–755.29 755.20–755.29
 Lower limb deficiencies 755.30–755.39 755.30–755.39
 Diaphragmatic hernia 756.6 756.610–756.617
 Gastroschisis 756.79 756.71
 Omphalocele 756.79 756.70

Chromosomal defects
 Trisomy 21 (Down syndrome) 758.0 758.00–758.09

ICD-9-CM 5 International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modifications; CDC/BPA 5 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/British Pediatric Association Classification.