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P03.1

P03.1: Newborn affected by other malpresentation, malposition and disproportion during labor and delivery

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P03.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for newborn affected by other malpresentation, malposition and disproportion during labor and delivery. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

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

  • Newborn affected by contracted pelvis
  • Newborn affected by conditions classifiable to O64-O66
  • Newborn affected by persistent occipitoposterior
  • Newborn affected by transverse lie

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above P03.1

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on P03: Newborn affected by other complications of labor and delivery

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

Other codes that can never be billed with P03.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • P00.7Newborn affected by other medical procedures on mother, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Dystocia›affecting newborn
  • Newborn›affected by›contracted pelvis
  • Newborn›affected by›malpresentation NEC(malposition)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P03

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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