Is P50.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. P50.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does P50.9 sit in the tabular list?

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96), in the block Hemorrhagic and hematological disorders of newborn (P50-P61).

What cannot be coded together with P50.9?

P50.9 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above P50.9 (P50) and apply to it just the same.

P50.9

P50.9 — Newborn affected by intrauterine (fetal) blood loss, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P50.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for newborn affected by intrauterine (fetal) blood loss, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Newborn affected by fetal hemorrhage NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above P50.9

These are not written on P50.9, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing P50.9 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on P50 — Newborn affected by intrauterine (fetal) blood loss

congenital anemia from intrauterine (fetal) blood loss (P61.3)

Other codes that can never be billed with P50.9

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at P50.9. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading P50.9 alone.

P54Other neonatal hemorrhages

Risk adjustment

P50.9 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How P50.9 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to P50.9.

Newborn›affected by›intrauterine blood loss(fetal)
Newborn›affected by›intrauterine hemorrhage(fetal)

Code history

P50.9 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share P50. If P50.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about P50.9

Is P50.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. P50.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does P50.9 sit in the tabular list?: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96), in the block Hemorrhagic and hematological disorders of newborn (P50-P61).
What cannot be coded together with P50.9?: P50.9 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above P50.9 (P50) and apply to it just the same.