Neonatal jaundice, unspecified
Billable / specific
P59.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Neonatal physiological jaundice (intense)(prolonged) NOS
Includes (from P59)
- conditions that have their origin in the fetal or perinatal period (before birth through the first 28 days after birth) even if morbidity occurs later
- Note: Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- congenital stenosis and stricture of bile ducts (Q44.3) (from P59)
- Crigler-Najjar syndrome (E80.5) (from P59)
- Dubin-Johnson syndrome (E80.6) (from P59)
- Gilbert syndrome (E80.4) (from P59)
- hereditary hemolytic anemias (D55-D58) (from P59)
- jaundice due to inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88) (from P59)
- kernicterus (P57.-) (from P59)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from P59)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from P59)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from P59)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from P59)
- tetanus neonatorum (A33) (from P59)
Also known as
- Neonatal physiological jaundice (intense)(prolonged) NOS
- Icterus, newborn
- Jaundice, newborn
- Jaundice, symptomatic, newborn
- Newborn, hyperbilirubinemia
- Newborn, jaundice
Parent code
- P59Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified causesHeader