Is P02.78 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. P02.78 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does P02.78 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).

P02.78

P02.78 — Newborn affected by other conditions from chorioamnionitis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P02.78 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for newborn affected by other conditions from chorioamnionitis. 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 amnionitis
Newborn affected by membranitis
Newborn affected by placentitis

Risk adjustment

P02.78 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 P02.78 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 P02.78.

Newborn›affected by›amnionitis
Newborn›affected by›chorioamnionitis
Newborn›affected by›membranitis
Newborn›affected by›placentitis

Related codes at this level

Codes that share P02.7. If P02.78 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

P02.70Newborn affected by fetal inflammatory response syndrome

Questions about P02.78

Is P02.78 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. P02.78 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does P02.78 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).