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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.

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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

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above P59.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on P59: Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified causes

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

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • 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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P59

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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