P61.2 — Anemia of prematurity
P61.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for anemia of prematurity. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Other codes that can never be billed with P61.2
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at P61.2. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading P61.2 alone.
- R71Abnormality of red blood cells
Risk adjustment
P61.2 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 P61.2 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 P61.2.
- Anemia›of prematurity
- Anemia›due to›prematurity
Related codes at this level
Codes that share P61. If P61.2 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- P61.0Transient neonatal thrombocytopenia
- P61.1Polycythemia neonatorum
- P61.3Congenital anemia from fetal blood loss
- P61.4Other congenital anemias, not elsewhere classified
- P61.5Transient neonatal neutropenia
- P61.6Other transient neonatal disorders of coagulation
- P61.8Other specified perinatal hematological disorders
- P61.9Perinatal hematological disorder, unspecified
Questions about P61.2
- Is P61.2 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. P61.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does P61.2 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).