P91.6
P91.6: Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy [HIE]
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
P91.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy [hie]. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with P91.6
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- P84Other problems with newborn
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 P91.6
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under P91
- P91.0Neonatal cerebral ischemia
- P91.1Acquired periventricular cysts of newborn
- P91.2Neonatal cerebral leukomalacia
- P91.3Neonatal cerebral irritability
- P91.4Neonatal cerebral depression
- P91.5Neonatal coma
- P91.8Other specified disturbances of cerebral status of newborn
- P91.9Disturbance of cerebral status of newborn, unspecified