P54.1

P54.1: Neonatal melena

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P54.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for neonatal melena. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check P54.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

neonatal melena due to swallowed maternal blood (P78.2)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above P54.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on P54: Other neonatal hemorrhages

newborn affected by (intrauterine) blood loss (P50.-)
pulmonary hemorrhage originating in the perinatal period (P26.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with P54.1

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

R19.5Other fecal abnormalities

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Melena›newborn, neonatal

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P54