Unspecified apnea of newborn

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2023 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2023 to now.

FY2023 Added to the code set Unspecified apnea of newborn

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 P28 Other respiratory conditions originating in the perinatal period

Code also

, if applicable, congenital malformations of the respiratory system (Q30-Q34)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Neonatal
Newborn > apnea
Spells, transient oxygen desaturation of newborn
Newborn > apnea
Apnea, apneic > newborn
Spells, transient oxygen desaturation of newborn

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
P28.41	Central neonatal apnea of newborn	Valid
P28.42	Obstructive apnea of newborn	Valid
P28.43	Mixed neonatal apnea of newborn	Valid
P28.49	Other apnea of newborn	Valid