P54.5

P54.5: Neonatal cutaneous hemorrhage

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P54.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for neonatal cutaneous hemorrhage. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check P54.5 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

bruising of scalp due to birth injury (P12.3)
cephalhematoma due to birth injury (P12.0)

Inclusion terms

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

Neonatal bruising
Neonatal ecchymoses
Neonatal petechiae
Neonatal superficial hematomata

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above P54.5

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 P54.5

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

R23.3Spontaneous ecchymoses

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Bruise›newborn
Contusion›newborn
Ecchymosis›newborn
Hematoma›superficial, newborn
Morbus›maculosus neonatorum
Petechia, petechiae›newborn
Purpura›neonatorum
Purpura›newborn
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›cutaneous›newborn
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›skin›newborn

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P54