Is P03.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. P03.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does P03.6 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).

P03.6

P03.6 — Newborn affected by abnormal uterine contractions

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P03.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for newborn affected by abnormal uterine contractions. 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 conditions classifiable to O62.-, except O62.3
Newborn affected by hypertonic labor
Newborn affected by uterine inertia

Risk adjustment

P03.6 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 P03.6 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 P03.6.

Dystocia›cervical›affecting newborn
Newborn›affected by›uterine contractions(abnormal)
Newborn›affected by›maternal›uterine contraction(abnormal)

Related codes at this level

Codes that share P03. If P03.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about P03.6

Is P03.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. P03.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does P03.6 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).