P51.8

P51.8: Other umbilical hemorrhages of newborn

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P51.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other umbilical hemorrhages of newborn. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check P51.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

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

Slipped umbilical ligature NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above P51.8

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on P51: Umbilical hemorrhage of newborn

omphalitis with mild hemorrhage (P38.1)
umbilical hemorrhage from cut end of co-twins cord (P50.5)

Other codes that can never be billed with P51.8

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

P38Omphalitis of newborn

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Improperly tied umbilical cord(causing hemorrhage)
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›slipped umbilical ligature
Slipped, slipping›ligature, umbilical
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›umbilicus, umbilical›newborn›slipped ligature

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P51