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P93.0

P93.0: Grey baby syndrome

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P93.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for grey baby syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Grey syndrome from chloramphenicol administration in newborn

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above P93.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on P93: Reactions and intoxications due to drugs administered to newborn

  • jaundice due to drugs or toxins transmitted from mother or given to newborn (P58.4-)
  • reactions and intoxications from maternal opiates, tranquilizers and other medication (P04.0-P04.1, P04.4-)
  • withdrawal symptoms from maternal use of drugs of addiction (P96.1)
  • withdrawal symptoms from therapeutic use of drugs in newborn (P96.2)

Risk adjustment

P93.0 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

  • HCC 137 Drug Use Disorder, Moderate/Severe, or Drug Use with Non-Psychotic Complications0.424 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.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Gray syndrome(newborn)
  • Grey syndrome(newborn)
  • Syndrome›gray or grey(newborn)
  • Intoxication›drug›newborn›gray baby syndrome
  • Reaction›drug NEC›newborn›gray baby syndrome

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P93

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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