P03.8
Header — not billableNewborn affected by other specified complications of labor and delivery
The ICD-10 code for newborn affected by other specified complications of labor and delivery is P03.8.
P03.8 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- P03.0Newborn affected by breech delivery and extraction
- P03.1Newborn affected by other malpresentation, malposition and disproportion during labor and delivery
- P03.2Newborn affected by forceps delivery
- P03.3Newborn affected by delivery by vacuum extractor [ventouse]
- P03.4Newborn affected by Cesarean delivery
- P03.5Newborn affected by precipitate delivery
- P03.6Newborn affected by abnormal uterine contractions
- P03.9Newborn affected by complication of labor and delivery, unspecified
- P03.8Newborn affected by other specified complications of labor and deliverynon-billable header