P59.0
P59.0 — Neonatal jaundice associated with preterm delivery
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
P59.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for neonatal jaundice associated with preterm delivery. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Hyperbilirubinemia of prematurity
- Jaundice due to delayed conjugation associated with preterm delivery
Risk adjustment
P59.0 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How P59.0 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 P59.0.
- Jaundice›due to or associated with›preterm delivery
- Newborn›hyperbilirubinemia›of prematurity
- Newborn›jaundice›of prematurity
- Jaundice›due to or associated with›delayed conjugation›associated with preterm delivery(due to)
- Jaundice›newborn›due to or associated with›preterm delivery
- Newborn›jaundice›due to›preterm delivery
- Jaundice›newborn›due to or associated with›breast milk inhibitors to conjugation›associated with preterm delivery
- Jaundice›newborn›due to or associated with›delayed conjugation›associated with preterm delivery
Related codes at this level
Codes that share P59. If P59.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about P59.0
- Is P59.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. P59.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does P59.0 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).