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P59.8

Neonatal jaundice from other specified causes

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Neonatal jaundice from other specified causes

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 P59 Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified causes

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • jaundice due to inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88)
  • kernicterus (P57.-)

Inherited from the P50-P61 section Hemorrhagic and hematological disorders of newborn (P50-P61)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • congenital stenosis and stricture of bile ducts (Q44.3)
  • Crigler-Najjar syndrome (E80.5)
  • Dubin-Johnson syndrome (E80.6)
  • Gilbert syndrome (E80.4)
  • hereditary hemolytic anemias (D55-D58)

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
P59.0 Neonatal jaundice associated with preterm delivery Valid
P59.1 Inspissated bile syndrome Valid
P59.2 Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified hepatocellular damage Not billable
P59.3 Neonatal jaundice from breast milk inhibitor Valid
P59.9 Neonatal jaundice, unspecified Valid