P28.30

P28.30: Primary sleep apnea of newborn, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P28.30 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for primary sleep apnea of newborn, unspecified. 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.

Transient oxygen desaturation spells of newborn during sleep

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above P28.30

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

Written on P28.3: Primary sleep apnea of newborn

other apnea of newborn (P28.4-)

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

P28.30 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Spells, transient oxygen desaturation of newborn›during sleep
Newborn›apnea›primary
Newborn›apnea›sleep(central) (obstructive) (primary)
Apnea, apneic›newborn›sleep›primary

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.