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P70.0

P70.0: Syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P70.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes1: never code together

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

  • newborn (with hypoglycemia) affected by maternal (pre-existing) diabetes mellitus (P70.1)
  • syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother (P70.1)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Newborn (with hypoglycemia) affected by maternal gestational diabetes

Other codes that can never be billed with P70.0

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

  • P08.0Exceptionally large newborn baby
  • P08.1Other heavy for gestational age newborn
  • P70.1Syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother
  • R73Elevated blood glucose level

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Diabetes, diabetic›gestational›affecting newborn
  • Hypoglycemia›in infant of diabetic mother›gestational diabetes
  • Infant›of diabetic mother›gestational diabetes
  • Syndrome›infant›gestational diabetes
  • Newborn›affected by›maternal›gestational diabetes

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P70

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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