ICD-10-CM › P00-P96 › P35-P39 › P39 Other infections specific to the... › P39.8
Other specified infections specific to the perinatal period
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other specified infections specific to the perinatal period
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 P39 Other infections specific to the perinatal period
Use additional code
- code to identify organism or specific infection
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
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 > infection > specified NEC
- Infection, infected, infective > newborn > specified type NEC
- Infection, infected, infective > Escherichia coli NEC > congenital
- Infection, infected, infective > perinatal period > specified type NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| P39.0 | Neonatal infective mastitis | Valid |
| P39.1 | Neonatal conjunctivitis and dacryocystitis | Valid |
| P39.2 | Intra-amniotic infection affecting newborn, not elsewhere classified | Valid |
| P39.3 | Neonatal urinary tract infection | Valid |
| P39.4 | Neonatal skin infection | Valid |
| P39.9 | Infection specific to the perinatal period, unspecified | Valid |