Neonatal cerebral infarction

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, FY2021 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

P91.821 Neonatal cerebral infarction, right side of brain
P91.822 Neonatal cerebral infarction, left side of brain
P91.823 Neonatal cerebral infarction, bilateral
P91.829 Neonatal cerebral infarction, unspecified side

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2021 to now.

FY2021 Added to the code set Neonatal cerebral infarction

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.

Stroke > cryptogenic
Infarct, infarction > brain
Paralysis, paralytic > stroke
Infarct, infarction > cerebellar
Stroke > neonatal
Stroke > cerebral, perinatal
Stroke > ischemic, perinatal arterial
Infarct, infarction > cerebral > neonatal
Infarct, infarction > cerebral > perinatal

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
P91.81	Neonatal encephalopathy	Not billable
P91.88	Other specified disturbances of cerebral status of newborn	Valid