P70
P70 — Transitory disorders of carbohydrate metabolism specific to newborn
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
P70 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for transitory disorders of carbohydrate metabolism specific to newborn. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with P70
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at P70. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading P70 alone.
- E10Type 1 diabetes mellitus
- E11Type 2 diabetes mellitus
- E13Other specified diabetes mellitus
- E16.1Other hypoglycemia
- P70.0Syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes
- P70.1Syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother
- Q45.3Other congenital malformations of pancreas and pancreatic duct
- R73Elevated blood glucose level
Risk adjustment
P70 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.
Code history
P70 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead P70
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- P70.0Syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes
- P70.1Syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother
- P70.2Neonatal diabetes mellitus
- P70.3Iatrogenic neonatal hypoglycemia
- P70.4Other neonatal hypoglycemia
- P70.8Other transitory disorders of carbohydrate metabolism of newborn
- P70.9Transitory disorder of carbohydrate metabolism of newborn, unspecified
Questions about P70
- Is P70 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. P70 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does P70 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96), in the block Transitory endocrine and metabolic disorders specific to newborn (P70-P74).