MCMedicalCodingSoftware
P91.829

P91.829: Neonatal cerebral infarction, unspecified side

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exemptunspecified

P91.829 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for neonatal cerebral infarction, unspecified side. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check P91.829 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above P91.829

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on P91.82: Neonatal cerebral infarction

  • cerebral infarction (I63.-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above P91.829

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on P91.82: Neonatal cerebral infarction

  • intracranial hemorrhage of newborn (P52.-)

Risk adjustment

P91.829 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

  • HCC 249 Ischemic or Unspecified Stroke0.239 RAF

Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P91.82

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.