Is P02.70 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. P02.70 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does P02.70 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).

P02.70

P02.70 — Newborn affected by fetal inflammatory response syndrome

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P02.70 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for newborn affected by fetal inflammatory response syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Newborn affected by FIRS

Risk adjustment

P02.70 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

HCC 2 Septicemia, Sepsis, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome/Shock0.500 RAF

Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.

How P02.70 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 P02.70.

Newborn›affected by›FIRS(fetal inflammatory response syndrome)
Newborn›affected by›fetal›inflammatory response syndrome(FIRS)

Related codes at this level

Codes that share P02.7. If P02.70 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

P02.78Newborn affected by other conditions from chorioamnionitis

Questions about P02.70

Is P02.70 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. P02.70 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does P02.70 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).