Neonatal difficulty in feeding at breast
Billable / specific
P92.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from P92)
- 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.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from P92)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from P92)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from P92)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from P92)
- tetanus neonatorum (A33) (from P92)
- feeding problems in child over 28 days old (R63.3-) (from P92)
Also known as
- Difficult, difficulty, feeding, newborn, breast
- Problem, feedingNOS, newborn, breast
Parent code
- P92Feeding problems of newbornHeader
Related codes
- P92.0Vomiting of newbornHeader
- P92.1Regurgitation and rumination of newbornBillable
- P92.2Slow feeding of newbornBillable
- P92.3Underfeeding of newbornBillable
- P92.4Overfeeding of newbornBillable
- P92.6Failure to thrive in newbornBillable
- P92.8Other feeding problems of newbornBillable
- P92.9Feeding problem of newborn, unspecifiedBillable