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P59

P59: Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified causes

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

P59 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified causes. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

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

  • jaundice due to inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88)
  • kernicterus (P57.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with P59

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

  • K72Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified
  • R17Unspecified jaundice

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead P59

6 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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