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ICD-10-CM 2027 · P35-P39

Infections specific to the perinatal period

Part of chapter 16, certain conditions originating in the perinatal period.

About P35-P39

Block P35-P39 contains 5 categories and 34 billable codes for FY2027. No codes here changed in the FY2027 update. 23 codes are MCCs and 9 are CCs when reported as secondary diagnoses.

P35Congenital viral diseases

P36Bacterial sepsis of newborn

P37Other congenital infectious and parasitic diseases

P38Omphalitis of newborn

P39Other infections specific to the perinatal period

Block notes

Applicable to
  • Infections acquired in utero, during birth via the umbilicus, or during the first 28 days after birth
Excludes2
  • asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status (Z21)
  • congenital gonococcal infection (A54.-)
  • congenital pneumonia (P23.-)
  • congenital syphilis (A50.-)
  • human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
  • infant botulism (A48.51)
  • infectious diseases not specific to the perinatal period (A00-B99, J09, J10.-)
  • intestinal infectious disease (A00-A09)
  • laboratory evidence of human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] (R75)
  • tetanus neonatorum (A33)