P07.03 — Extremely low birth weight newborn, 750-999 grams
Is P07.03 billable?
Yes — P07.03 is billable for FY2027. P07.03 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. P07.03 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
P07.03 at a glance
| Code | P07.03 |
|---|---|
| Description | Extremely low birth weight newborn, 750-999 grams |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does P07.03 group to?
P07.03 sits in MDC 15 and helps define the logic of 1 MS-DRG (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 790Extreme Immaturity or Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Neonatemedical
How is P07.03 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to P07.03. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Low › birthweight › extreme › with weight of › 750-999 grams
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from P07.0
The conditions below can never be reported together with P07.03 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- low birth weight due to slow fetal growth and fetal malnutrition (P05.-)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 16
The conditions below are not part of P07.03, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, P07.03 and the excluded code may both be reported.
How long has P07.03 existed?
P07.03 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.