P03.82

P03.82: Meconium passage during delivery

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P03.82 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for meconium passage during delivery. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check P03.82 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

meconium aspiration (P24.00, P24.01)
meconium staining (P96.83)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above P03.82

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 P03.82

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
P24.0Meconium aspiration
P96.83Meconium staining

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

P03.82 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A57189Billing and Coding: Serum Magnesium

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Passage›meconium during delivery(newborn)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.