ICD-10-CM Code P08
Disorders of newborn related to long gestation and high birth weight
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code P08 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of P08 that describes the diagnosis 'disord of newborn related to long gest and high birth weight' in more detail.
- P08 Disorders of newborn related to long gestation and high birth weight NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE P08.0 Exceptionally large newborn baby
- BILLABLE P08.1 Other heavy for gestational age newborn
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- P08.21 Post-term newborn BILLABLE
- P08.22 Prolonged gestation of newborn BILLABLE
The ICD code P08 is used to code Large for gestational age
Large for gestational age (LGA) is an indication of high prenatal growth rate.
| Specialty: | Pediatrics |
| MeSH Code: | D005320 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 766 |
LGA: A healthy 11-pound (5.0 kg) newborn child, delivered vaginally without complications (41 weeks; fourth child; no gestational diabetes)
Coding Notes for P08 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
- Code Notes:
- When both birth weight and gestational age of the newborn are available, priority of assignment should be given to birth weight
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Code Includes Notes:
Includes
Includes notes further define, or give examples of, conditions included in the section. - The listed conditions, without further specification, as causes of morbidity or additional care, in newborn
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'P08 - Disorders of newborn related to long gestation and high birth weight'
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