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P03

Newborn affected by other complications of labor and delivery

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

  • P03.0 Newborn affected by breech delivery and extraction
  • P03.1 Newborn affected by other malpresentation, malposition and disproportion during labor and delivery
  • P03.2 Newborn affected by forceps delivery
  • P03.3 Newborn affected by delivery by vacuum extractor [ventouse]
  • P03.4 Newborn affected by Cesarean delivery
  • P03.5 Newborn affected by precipitate delivery
  • P03.6 Newborn affected by abnormal uterine contractions
  • P03.8 Newborn affected by other specified complications of labor and delivery (also a header)
  • P03.9 Newborn affected by complication of labor and delivery, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Newborn (suspected to be) affected by other complications of labor and delivery
  2. FY2017 Description revised Newborn (suspected to be) affected by other complications of labor and delivery Newborn affected by other complications of labor and delivery

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

  • encounter for observation of newborn for suspected diseases and conditions ruled out (Z05.-)

Code first

  • any current condition in newborn

Inherited from the P00-P04 section Newborn affected by maternal factors and by complications of pregnancy, labor, and delivery (P00-P04)

Note

  • These codes are for use when the listed maternal conditions are specified as the cause of confirmed morbidity or potential morbidity which have their origin in the perinatal period (before birth through the first 28 days after birth).