P52.9 — Intracranial (nontraumatic) hemorrhage of newborn, unspecified
P52.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for intracranial (nontraumatic) hemorrhage of newborn, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Other codes that can never be billed with P52.9
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at P52.9. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading P52.9 alone.
- P10Intracranial laceration and hemorrhage due to birth injury
Risk adjustment
P52.9 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
P52.9 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy — 1 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
How P52.9 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 P52.9.
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›intracranial›newborn
- Newborn›affected by›hemorrhage›intracranial(nontraumatic)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share P52. If P52.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- P52.0Intraventricular (nontraumatic) hemorrhage, grade 1, of newborn
- P52.1Intraventricular (nontraumatic) hemorrhage, grade 2, 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
Questions about P52.9
- Is P52.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. P52.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does P52.9 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).