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ICD-10-CM chapter 16 · P00-P96

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

About chapter 16

Chapter 16 (P00-P96) contains 59 categories and 463 billable codes for FY2027. No codes here changed in the FY2027 update. 107 codes are MCCs and 64 are CCs when reported as secondary diagnoses.

12 code blocks

Chapter notes

Note
  • Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records
Includes
  • conditions that have their origin in the fetal or perinatal period (before birth through the first 28 days after birth) even if morbidity occurs later
Excludes2
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • tetanus neonatorum (A33)