P37.5

P37.5: Neonatal candidiasis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P37.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for neonatal candidiasis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check P37.5 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above P37.5

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 P37.5

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

B37Candidiasis

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Candidiasis, candidal›congenital
Candidiasis, candidal›neonatal
Moniliasis›neonatal
Thrush›newborn
Infection, infected, infective›congenital›Candida(albicans)
Newborn›infection›candidal

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P37