Neonatal cerebral leukomalacia
Billable / specificHCC V28 202
P91.2 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
- Periventricular leukomalacia
Includes (from P91)
- 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
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from P91)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from P91)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from P91)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from P91)
- tetanus neonatorum (A33) (from P91)
Also known as
- Periventricular leukomalacia
- Leukomalacia, cerebral, newborn
- Leukomalacia, cerebral, newborn, periventricular
Parent code
- P91Other disturbances of cerebral status of newbornHeader
Related codes
- P91.0Neonatal cerebral ischemiaBillable
- P91.1Acquired periventricular cysts of newbornBillable
- P91.3Neonatal cerebral irritabilityBillable
- P91.4Neonatal cerebral depressionBillable
- P91.5Neonatal comaBillable
- P91.6Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy [HIE]Header
- P91.8Other specified disturbances of cerebral status of newbornHeader
- P91.9Disturbance of cerebral status of newborn, unspecifiedBillable