Is P02.60 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. P02.60 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does P02.60 sit in the tabular list?

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96), in the block Newborn affected by maternal factors and by complications of pregnancy, labor, and delivery (P00-P04).

P02.60

P02.60 — Newborn affected by unspecified conditions of umbilical cord

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P02.60 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for newborn affected by unspecified conditions of umbilical cord. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above P02.60

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of P02.60, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on P02 — Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes

encounter for observation of newborn for suspected diseases and conditions ruled out (Z05.-)

Risk adjustment

P02.60 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How P02.60 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to P02.60.

Newborn›affected by›umbilical cord condition

Code history

P02.60 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share P02.6. If P02.60 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

P02.69Newborn affected by other conditions of umbilical cord

Questions about P02.60

Is P02.60 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. P02.60 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does P02.60 sit in the tabular list?: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96), in the block Newborn affected by maternal factors and by complications of pregnancy, labor, and delivery (P00-P04).