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Category · FY2027

P38 Omphalitis of newborn

  • Header · not billable

P38 is not billable. The category heads 2 billable codes in FY2027: the 2 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Omphalitis (congenital) (newborn) → P38.9
  • Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton)omphalitis → P38.9
  • Omphalitis (congenital) (newborn)without hemorrhage → P38.9

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 16 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
  2. P35-P39 Infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
  3. P38 Omphalitis of newborn
Billable codes
2
Subdivisions
2
CC / MCC codes
2 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
12

Codes in P38

  1. P38.1
    Omphalitis with mild hemorrhage
    BillableCC
  2. P38.9
    Omphalitis without hemorrhage
    BillableCC
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Omphalitis of newborn NOS

CC/MCC: as a secondary diagnosis, unless the principal diagnosis is on the code’s PDX exclusion list (MS-DRG v44 Appendix C; list on the code card).

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At P38

Excludes1

  • omphalitis not of newborn (L08.82) L08.82
  • tetanus omphalitis (A33) A33
  • umbilical hemorrhage of newborn (P51.-) P51

Notes that also apply

Block P35-P39 instructions (Inclusion terms 1, Excludes2 10): printed on the block page.

Chapter 16 instructions (Notes 1, Includes 1, Excludes2 5): printed on the chapter 16 page.

Index entries

  • Omphalitis (congenital) (newborn) → P38.9
  • Omphalitis (congenital) (newborn)with mild hemorrhage → P38.1
  • Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton)omphalitis → P38.9
  • Omphalitis (congenital) (newborn)without hemorrhage → P38.9
  • Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton)omphalitiswith mild hemorrhage → P38.1
  • Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic)navelnewborn → P38.9
  • Cellulitis (diffuse) (phlegmonous) (septic) (suppurative)navelnewborn → P38.9
  • Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton)omphalitiswithout hemorrhage → P38.9
  • Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic)navelnewbornwith mild hemorrhage → P38.1
  • Cellulitis (diffuse) (phlegmonous) (septic) (suppurative)navelnewbornwith mild hemorrhage → P38.1
  • Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic)navelnewbornwithout hemorrhage → P38.9
  • Cellulitis (diffuse) (phlegmonous) (septic) (suppurative)navelnewbornwithout hemorrhage → P38.9

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