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P37.2

P37.2: Neonatal (disseminated) listeriosis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P37.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for neonatal (disseminated) listeriosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check P37.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above P37.2

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

Written on P37: Other congenital infectious and parasitic diseases

  • congenital syphilis (A50.-)
  • infectious neonatal diarrhea (A00-A09)
  • necrotizing enterocolitis in newborn (P77.-)
  • noninfectious neonatal diarrhea (P78.3)
  • ophthalmia neonatorum due to gonococcus (A54.31)
  • tetanus neonatorum (A33)

Other codes that can never be billed with P37.2

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

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

P37.2 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Listeriosis, listerellosis›congenital(disseminated)
  • Listeriosis, listerellosis›neonatal, newborn(disseminated)
  • Infection, infected, infective›congenital›listeriosis(disseminated)
  • Infection, infected, infective›Listeria monocytogenes›congenital

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P37

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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