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Category · FY2027

P51 Umbilical hemorrhage of newborn

  • Header · not billable

P51 is not billable. The category heads 3 billable codes in FY2027: the 3 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Omphalorrhagia, newborn → P51.9
  • Improperly tied umbilical cord (causing hemorrhage) → P51.8
  • Bleedingumbilical stump → P51.9

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 16 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
  2. P50-P61 Hemorrhagic and hematological disorders of newborn (P50-P61)
  3. P51 Umbilical hemorrhage of newborn
Billable codes
3
Subdivisions
3
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
13

Codes in P51

  1. P51.0
    Massive umbilical hemorrhage of newborn
    Billable
  2. P51.8
    Other umbilical hemorrhages of newborn
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Slipped umbilical ligature NOS
  3. P51.9
    Umbilical hemorrhage of newborn, unspecified
    Billable

Sources of each column.

Instructions

At P51

Excludes1

  • omphalitis with mild hemorrhage (P38.1) P38.1
  • umbilical hemorrhage from cut end of co-twins cord (P50.5) P50.5

Notes that also apply

Block P50-P61 instructions (Excludes1 5): printed on the block page.

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

Index entries

  • Improperly tied umbilical cord (causing hemorrhage) → P51.8
  • Omphalorrhagia, newborn → P51.9
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed)massive umbilical, newborn → P51.0
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed)slipped umbilical ligature → P51.8
  • Slipped, slippingligature, umbilical → P51.8
  • Bleedingumbilical stump → P51.9
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed)cord, newborn (stump) → P51.9
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed)navel, newborn → P51.9
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed)umbilicus, umbilicalnewborn → P51.9
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed)umbilicus, umbilicalstump → P51.9
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed)umbilicus, umbilicalnewbornmassive → P51.0
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed)umbilicus, umbilicalnewbornslipped ligature → P51.8
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed)umbilicus, umbilicalcordafter birth, newborn → P51.9

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