ICD-10-CM Codes
P00-P96 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
P35-P39 Infections specific to the perinatal period
P37- Other congenital infectious and parasitic diseases
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P37.0

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P37.0

Congenital tuberculosis

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Billable/Specific Code

Code on Newborn Record

P37.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM P37.0 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of P37.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 P37.0 may differ.

ICD-10-CM Coding Rules

P37.0 should be used on the newborn record - not on the maternal record.

The following code(s) above P37.0 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to P37.0:

P00-P96
2021 ICD-10-CM Range P00-P96
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Includes
- conditions that have their origin in the fetal or perinatal period (before birth through the first 28 days after birth) even if morbidity occurs later
Note
- Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records
Type 2 Excludes
- 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)
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
P35-P39
2021 ICD-10-CM Range P35-P39
Infections specific to the perinatal period
Applicable To
- Infections acquired in utero, during birth via the umbilicus, or during the first 28 days after birth
Type 2 Excludes
- 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)
Infections specific to the perinatal period
P37
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P37
Other congenital infectious and parasitic diseases
Type 2 Excludes
- 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)
Other congenital infectious and parasitic diseases

ICD-10-CM P37.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

791 Prematurity with major problems
793 Full term neonate with major problems

Convert P37.0 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to P37.0:

Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) B99.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code B99.9
Unspecified infectious disease
- congenital P39.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P39.9
  Infection specific to the perinatal period, unspecified
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code Code on Newborn Record
  - tuberculosis P37.0
Tuberculosis, tubercular, tuberculous (calcification) (calcified) (caseous) (chromogenic acid-fast bacilli) (degeneration) (fibrocaseous) (fistula) (interstitial) (isolated circumscribed lesions) (necrosis) (parenchymatous) (ulcerative) A15.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code A15.9
Respiratory tuberculosis unspecified
- congenital P37.0

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To P37.0

P36.19 Sepsis of newborn due to other streptococci

P36.2 Sepsis of newborn due to Staphylococcus aureus

P36.3 Sepsis of newborn due to other and unspecified staphylococci

P36.30 Sepsis of newborn due to unspecified staphylococci

P36.39 Sepsis of newborn due to other staphylococci

P36.4 Sepsis of newborn due to Escherichia coli

P36.5 Sepsis of newborn due to anaerobes

P36.8 Other bacterial sepsis of newborn

P36.9 Bacterial sepsis of newborn, unspecified

P37 Other congenital infectious and parasitic diseases

P37.0 Congenital tuberculosis

P37.1 Congenital toxoplasmosis

P37.2 Neonatal (disseminated) listeriosis

P37.3 Congenital falciparum malaria

P37.4 Other congenital malaria

P37.5 Neonatal candidiasis

P37.8 Other specified congenital infectious and parasitic diseases

P37.9 Congenital infectious or parasitic disease, unspecified

P38 Omphalitis of newborn

P38.1 Omphalitis with mild hemorrhage

P38.9 Omphalitis without hemorrhage

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P37.0

Congenital tuberculosis

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

Infections specific to the perinatal period

Other congenital infectious and parasitic diseases

Unspecified infectious disease

Infection specific to the perinatal period, unspecified

Respiratory tuberculosis unspecified