DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

P57 Kernicterus

  • Header · not billable

P57 is not billable. The category heads 3 billable codes in FY2027: the 3 codes directly below it.

Index → code

  • Encephalopathia hyperbilirubinemica, newborn → P57.9
  • Kernicterus of newborn (not due to isoimmunization) → P57.9
  • Jaundice (yellow)nuclear, newborn → P57.9

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. P57 Kernicterus
Billable codes
3
Subdivisions
3
CC / MCC codes
0 / 3
HCC V28 codes
3
New FY2027
0
Index entries
9

Codes in P57

  1. P57.0
    Kernicterus due to isoimmunization
    BillableMCC192
  2. P57.8
    Other specified kernicterus
    BillableMCC192
    Excludes1 1

    Excludes1

    • Crigler-Najjar syndrome (E80.5) E80.5
  3. P57.9
    Kernicterus, unspecified
    BillableMCC192

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

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

  • Encephalopathia hyperbilirubinemica, newborn → P57.9
  • Kernicterus of newborn (not due to isoimmunization) → P57.9
  • Encephalopathia hyperbilirubinemica, newborndue to isoimmunization (conditions in P55) → P57.0
  • Kernicterus of newborn (not due to isoimmunization)due to isoimmunization (conditions in P55.0-P55.9) → P57.0
  • Kernicterus of newborn (not due to isoimmunization)specified type NEC → P57.8
  • Encephalopathy (acute)hyperbilirubinemic, newborn → P57.9
  • Jaundice (yellow)nuclear, newborn → P57.9
  • Encephalopathy (acute)hyperbilirubinemic, newborndue to isoimmunization (conditions in P55) → P57.0
  • Isoimmunization NECnewbornwithkernicterus → P57.0

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