P96.8Other specified conditions originating in the perinatal period

P96.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other specified conditions originating in the perinatal period. It belongs to category P96 (other conditions originating in the perinatal period), block P90-P96 (other disorders originating in the perinatal period) and chapter 16 (certain conditions originating in the perinatal period). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within P96, choose P96.8 (Other specified conditions originating in the perinatal period) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: congenital renal failure (P96.0), neonatal withdrawal symptoms from maternal use of drugs of addiction (P96.1), withdrawal symptoms from therapeutic use of drugs in newborn (P96.2), Wide cranial sutures of newborn (P96.3), complication to newborn due to (fetal) intrauterine procedure (P96.5) and condition originating in the perinatal period, unspecified (P96.9).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: P96.81 (period), P96.82 (cord), P96.83 (staining) and P96.89 (period).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.