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P26.9

P26.9: Unspecified pulmonary hemorrhage originating in the perinatal period

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P26.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified pulmonary hemorrhage originating in the perinatal period. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check P26.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above P26.9

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on P26: Pulmonary hemorrhage originating in the perinatal period

  • acute idiopathic hemorrhage in infants over 28 days old (R04.81)

Other codes that can never be billed with P26.9

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

  • P54Other neonatal hemorrhages
  • R04.81Acute idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage in infants

Risk adjustment

P26.9 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

  • HCC 213 Cardio-Respiratory Failure and Shock0.370 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. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Hemoptysis›newborn
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›lung›newborn
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›pulmonary›newborn

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P26

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.