P29.81

P29.81: Cardiac arrest of newborn

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P29.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for cardiac arrest of newborn. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check P29.81 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above P29.81

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

Written on P29: Cardiovascular disorders originating in the perinatal period

congenital malformations of the circulatory system (Q20-Q28)

Risk adjustment

P29.81 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

Arrest, arrested›cardiac›newborn
Newborn›affected by›cardiac arrest

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P29.8

P29.89Other cardiovascular disorders originating in the perinatal period