P84
P84: Other problems with newborn
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
P84 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other problems with newborn. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check P84 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Acidemia of newborn
- Acidosis of newborn
- Anoxia of newborn NOS
- Asphyxia of newborn NOS
- Hypercapnia of newborn
- Hypoxemia of newborn
- Hypoxia of newborn NOS
- Mixed metabolic and respiratory acidosis of newborn
Other codes that can never be billed with P84
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
P84 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Acidosis›mixed metabolic and respiratory, newborn
- Acidosis›newborn
- Anoxemia›newborn
- Anoxia›intrauterine
- Anoxia›newborn
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation›antenatal
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation›birth
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation›intrauterine
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation›newborn
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation›postnatal
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation›prenatal
- Distress›fetal
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.