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FY2027

P29.0 — Neonatal cardiac failure

Billable

Is P29.0 billable?

Yes — P29.0 is billable for FY2027. P29.0 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. P29.0 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

P29.0 at a glance

CodeP29.0
DescriptionNeonatal cardiac failure
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does P29.0 group to?

P29.0 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.

  • 794Neonate with Other Significant Problemsmedical

How is P29.0 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to P29.0. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Failure, failed › heart › newborn
  • Insufficiency, insufficient › heart › newborn
  • Insufficiency, insufficient › myocardial, myocardium › newborn
  • Edema, edematous › lung › with heart condition or failure › newborn (infectious) (pitting) (toxic)
  • Failure, failed › heart › congestive › newborn

Code also

Two codes may be needed to describe the condition fully. Whether P29.0 is sequenced first depends on the reason for the encounter.

  • associated underlying condition

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 16

The conditions below are not part of P29.0, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, P29.0 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • tetanus neonatorum (A33)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from P29

The conditions below are not part of P29.0, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, P29.0 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • congenital malformations of the circulatory system (Q20-Q28)

How long has P29.0 existed?

P29.0 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.

Which conditions are coded to P29.0?

What other codes are in the P29 family? (6)