P81.9
P81.9: Disturbance of temperature regulation of newborn, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
P81.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disturbance of temperature regulation of newborn, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check P81.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Fever of newborn NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with P81.9
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.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Disorder›temperature regulation, newborn
- Fever›newborn
- Hyperthermia›newborn
- Newborn›fever
- Pyrexia›newborn
- Disturbance›temperature›regulation, newborn
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.