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FY2027

P74.8 — Other transitory metabolic disturbances of newborn

BillableCC

Is P74.8 billable?

Yes — P74.8 is billable for FY2027. P74.8 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. P74.8 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

P74.8 at a glance

CodeP74.8
DescriptionOther transitory metabolic disturbances of newborn
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does P74.8 group to?

P74.8 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

As a secondary diagnosis, P74.8 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.

How is P74.8 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to P74.8. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Disorder › metabolic, amino acid, transitory, newborn (of)
  • Disorder › amino-acid › neonatal, transitory (of)
  • Newborn › affected by › amino-acid metabolic disorder, transitory (infant) (liveborn) (singleton)
  • Disturbance › metabolism › neonatal, transitory › specified NEC (s)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to P74.8.

  • Amino-acid metabolic disorders described as transitory

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 16

The conditions below are not part of P74.8, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, P74.8 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 P74.8 existed?

P74.8 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 P74.8?

What other codes are in the P74 family? (8)