P78.8
P78.8 — Other specified perinatal digestive system disorders
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
P78.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified perinatal digestive system disorders. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with P78.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at P78.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading P78.8 alone.
Risk adjustment
P78.8 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 to one of these instead P78.8
5 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share P78. If P78.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about P78.8
- Is P78.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. P78.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does P78.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96), in the block Digestive system disorders of newborn (P76-P78).