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P81

P81: Other disturbances of temperature regulation of newborn

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

P81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other disturbances of temperature regulation of 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 P81

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

  • R50Fever of other and unknown origin

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead P81

3 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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