Grey baby syndrome

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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Grey baby syndrome

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 P93 Reactions and intoxications due to drugs administered to newborn

Excludes1 - never coded here

jaundice due to drugs or toxins transmitted from mother or given to newborn (P58.4-)
reactions and intoxications from maternal opiates, tranquilizers and other medication (P04.0-P04.1, P04.4-)
withdrawal symptoms from maternal use of drugs of addiction (P96.1)
withdrawal symptoms from therapeutic use of drugs in newborn (P96.2)

Includes

reactions and intoxications due to drugs administered to fetus affecting newborn

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.

Complication > injection > drug reaction
Gray syndrome
Grey syndrome
Syndrome > gray or grey
Intoxication > drug > newborn > gray baby syndrome
Reaction > drug NEC > newborn > gray baby syndrome

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
P93.8	Other reactions and intoxications due to drugs administered to newborn	Valid