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FY2027

P37 — Other congenital infectious and parasitic diseases

Not billable

Is P37 billable?

No — P37 is a non-billable header code. P37 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 8 billable codes beneath P37.

P37 at a glance

CodeP37
DescriptionOther congenital infectious and parasitic diseases
BillableNo — header code
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Excludes2 — not included here

The conditions below are not part of P37, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, P37 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • congenital syphilis (A50.-)
  • infectious neonatal diarrhea (A00-A09)
  • necrotizing enterocolitis in newborn (P77.-)
  • noninfectious neonatal diarrhea (P78.3)
  • ophthalmia neonatorum due to gonococcus (A54.31)
  • tetanus neonatorum (A33)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 16

The conditions below are not part of P37, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, P37 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 P35-P39

The conditions below are not part of P37, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, P37 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status (Z21)
  • congenital gonococcal infection (A54.-)
  • congenital pneumonia (P23.-)
  • congenital syphilis (A50.-)
  • human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
  • infant botulism (A48.51)
  • infectious diseases not specific to the perinatal period (A00-B99, J09, J10.-)
  • intestinal infectious disease (A00-A09)
  • laboratory evidence of human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] (R75)
  • tetanus neonatorum (A33)

What codes fall under P37? (8)

How long has P37 existed?

P37 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.