P02.69 — Newborn affected by other conditions of umbilical cord
P02.69 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for newborn affected by other conditions of umbilical cord. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- newborn affected by single umbilical artery (Q27.0)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Newborn affected by short umbilical cord
- Newborn affected by vasa previa
Risk adjustment
P02.69 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 P02.69 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 P02.69.
- Newborn›affected by›vasa previa
- Newborn›affected by›umbilical cord condition›short cord
- Newborn›affected by›umbilical cord condition›specified NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share P02.6. If P02.69 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about P02.69
- Is P02.69 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. P02.69 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does P02.69 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).
- What cannot be coded together with P02.69?
- P02.69 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.