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FY2027

P50.9 — Newborn affected by intrauterine (fetal) blood loss, unspecified

BillableUnspecified

Is P50.9 billable?

Yes, but P50.9 is an unspecified code. P50.9 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. However, P50.9 is an unspecified or catch-all code. Payers apply additional scrutiny to unspecified codes and many deny them when the medical record supports a more specific option, so check the documentation before selecting P50.9 — the more specific alternatives are listed below.

P50.9 at a glance

CodeP50.9
DescriptionNewborn affected by intrauterine (fetal) blood loss, unspecified
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does P50.9 group to?

P50.9 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.

  • 791Prematurity with Major Problemsmedical

How is P50.9 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to P50.9. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Newborn › affected by › intrauterineblood loss (infant) (liveborn) (singleton)
  • Newborn › affected by › intrauterinehemorrhage (infant) (liveborn) (singleton)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to P50.9.

  • Newborn affected by fetal hemorrhage NOS

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from P50-P61

The conditions below can never be reported together with P50.9 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

  • congenital stenosis and stricture of bile ducts (Q44.3)
  • Crigler-Najjar syndrome (E80.5)
  • Dubin-Johnson syndrome (E80.6)
  • Gilbert syndrome (E80.4)
  • hereditary hemolytic anemias (D55-D58)

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from P50

The conditions below can never be reported together with P50.9 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

  • congenital anemia from intrauterine (fetal) blood loss (P61.3)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 16

The conditions below are not part of P50.9, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, P50.9 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)

How long has P50.9 existed?

P50.9 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 P50.9?

What other codes are in the P50 family? (7)