Preterm [premature] newborn [other]

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 10 more specific codes instead:

P07.30 Preterm newborn, unspecified weeks of gestation
P07.31 Preterm newborn, gestational age 28 completed weeks
P07.32 Preterm newborn, gestational age 29 completed weeks
P07.33 Preterm newborn, gestational age 30 completed weeks
P07.34 Preterm newborn, gestational age 31 completed weeks
P07.35 Preterm newborn, gestational age 32 completed weeks
P07.36 Preterm newborn, gestational age 33 completed weeks
P07.37 Preterm newborn, gestational age 34 completed weeks
P07.38 Preterm newborn, gestational age 35 completed weeks
P07.39 Preterm newborn, gestational age 36 completed weeks

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Preterm [premature] newborn [other]

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.

Inherited from P07 Disorders of newborn related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified

Includes

the listed conditions, without further specification, as the cause of morbidity or additional care, in newborn

Note

When both birth weight and gestational age of the newborn are available, both should be coded with birth weight sequenced before gestational age

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
P07.0	Extremely low birth weight newborn	Not billable
P07.1	Other low birth weight newborn	Not billable
P07.2	Extreme immaturity of newborn	Not billable