ICD-10-CM Codes
P00-P96 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
P90-P96 Other disorders originating in the perinatal period
P91- Other disturbances of cerebral status of newborn
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P91.819

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P91.819

Neonatal encephalopathy, unspecified

2018 - New Code

2019

2020

2021

Billable/Specific Code

Code on Newborn Record

POA Exempt

P91.819 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 P91.819 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of P91.819 - other international versions of ICD-10 P91.819 may differ.

ICD-10-CM Coding Rules

P91.819 should be used on the newborn record - not on the maternal record.

The following code(s) above P91.819 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 P91.819:

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

Present On Admission

POA Help

"Present On Admission" is defined as present at the time the order for inpatient admission occurs — conditions that develop during an outpatient encounter, including emergency department, observation, or outpatient surgery, are considered POA.

P91.819 is considered exempt from POA reporting.

ICD-10-CM P91.819 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

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

Convert P91.819 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2018 (effective 10/1/2017): New code
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 P91.819:

Encephalopathy (acute) G93.40
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G93.40
Encephalopathy, unspecified
- neonatal P91.819

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To P91.819

P91.4 Neonatal cerebral depression

P91.5 Neonatal coma

P91.6 Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy [HIE]

P91.60 …… unspecified

P91.61 Mild hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy [HIE]

P91.62 Moderate hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy [HIE]

P91.63 Severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy [HIE]

P91.8 Other specified disturbances of cerebral status of newborn

P91.81 Neonatal encephalopathy

P91.811 …… in diseases classified elsewhere

P91.819 …… unspecified

P91.82 Neonatal cerebral infarction

P91.821 …… right side of brain

P91.822 …… left side of brain

P91.823 …… bilateral

P91.829 …… unspecified side

P91.88 Other specified disturbances of cerebral status of newborn

P91.9 Disturbance of cerebral status of newborn, unspecified

P92 Feeding problems of newborn

P92.0 Vomiting of newborn

P92.01 Bilious vomiting of newborn

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 P91.819

Neonatal encephalopathy, unspecified

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

Encephalopathy, unspecified