P96.3
P96.3: Wide cranial sutures of newborn
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
P96.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for wide cranial sutures of newborn. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check P96.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Neonatal craniotabes
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
P96.3 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56781Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
- A57306Billing and Coding: Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Wide cranial sutures, newborn
- Craniotabes›neonatal
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under P96
- P96.0Congenital renal failure
- P96.1Neonatal withdrawal symptoms from maternal use of drugs of addiction
- P96.2Withdrawal symptoms from therapeutic use of drugs in newborn
- P96.5Complication to newborn due to (fetal) intrauterine procedure
- P96.8Other specified conditions originating in the perinatal period
- P96.9Condition originating in the perinatal period, unspecified