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P38

Omphalitis of newborn

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 2 more specific codes instead:

  • P38.1 Omphalitis with mild hemorrhage
  • P38.9 Omphalitis without hemorrhage

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 Omphalitis 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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • omphalitis not of newborn (L08.82)
  • tetanus omphalitis (A33)
  • umbilical hemorrhage of newborn (P51.-)

Inherited from the P35-P39 section Infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status (Z21)
  • congenital gonococcal infection (A54.-)
  • congenital pneumonia (P23.-)
  • congenital syphilis (A50.-)
  • human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
  • infant botulism (A48.51)
  • infectious diseases not specific to the perinatal period (A00-B99, J09, J10.-)
  • intestinal infectious disease (A00-A09)
  • laboratory evidence of human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] (R75)
  • tetanus neonatorum (A33)

Also known as

  • Infections acquired in utero, during birth via the umbilicus, or during the first 28 days after birth