P52.1 — Intraventricular (nontraumatic) hemorrhage, grade 2, of newborn
P52.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for intraventricular (nontraumatic) hemorrhage, grade 2, of newborn. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Subependymal hemorrhage with intraventricular extension
- Bleeding into ventricle
Risk adjustment
P52.1 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 248 Intracranial Hemorrhage0.239 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.
Medicare coverage
P52.1 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies — 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
How P52.1 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 P52.1.
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›subependymal›newborn›with intraventricular extension
- Newborn›affected by›bleeding›ventricles
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›intraventricular›newborn›grade›2
- Newborn›affected by›hemorrhage›intraventricular›grade 2
- Newborn›affected by›hemorrhage›subependymal›with intraventricular extension
Related codes at this level
Codes that share P52. If P52.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- P52.0Intraventricular (nontraumatic) hemorrhage, grade 1, of newborn
- P52.2Intraventricular (nontraumatic) hemorrhage, grade 3 and grade 4, of newborn
- P52.3Unspecified intraventricular (nontraumatic) hemorrhage of newborn
- P52.4Intracerebral (nontraumatic) hemorrhage of newborn
- P52.5Subarachnoid (nontraumatic) hemorrhage of newborn
- P52.6Cerebellar (nontraumatic) and posterior fossa hemorrhage of newborn
- P52.8Other intracranial (nontraumatic) hemorrhages of newborn
- P52.9Intracranial (nontraumatic) hemorrhage of newborn, unspecified
Questions about P52.1
- Is P52.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. P52.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does P52.1 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).