P78.2

P78.2: Neonatal hematemesis and melena due to swallowed maternal blood

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P78.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for neonatal hematemesis and melena due to swallowed maternal blood. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check P78.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above P78.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on P78: Other perinatal digestive system disorders

cystic fibrosis (E84.0-E84.9)
neonatal gastrointestinal hemorrhages (P54.0-P54.3)

Other codes that can never be billed with P78.2

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

P54.0Neonatal hematemesis
P54.1Neonatal melena

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Melena›due to swallowed maternal blood
Syndrome›swallowed blood
Hematemesis›newborn, neonatal›due to swallowed maternal blood
Melena›newborn, neonatal›due to swallowed maternal blood

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.