P50
Header — not billableNewborn affected by intrauterine (fetal) blood loss
The ICD-10 code for newborn affected by intrauterine (fetal) blood loss is P50.
P50 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 8 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- congenital anemia from intrauterine (fetal) blood loss (P61.3)
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.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under P50
- P50.0Newborn affected by intrauterine (fetal) blood loss from vasa previa
- P50.1Newborn affected by intrauterine (fetal) blood loss from ruptured cord
- P50.2Newborn affected by intrauterine (fetal) blood loss from placenta
- P50.3Newborn affected by hemorrhage into co-twin
- P50.4Newborn affected by hemorrhage into maternal circulation
- P50.5Newborn affected by intrauterine (fetal) blood loss from cut end of co-twin's cord
- P50.8Newborn affected by other intrauterine (fetal) blood loss
- P50.9Newborn affected by intrauterine (fetal) blood loss, unspecified
Related codes in this category
- P51Umbilical hemorrhage of newbornnon-billable header
- P52Intracranial nontraumatic hemorrhage of newbornnon-billable header
- P53Hemorrhagic disease of newborn
- P54Other neonatal hemorrhagesnon-billable header
- P55Hemolytic disease of newbornnon-billable header
- P56Hydrops fetalis due to hemolytic diseasenon-billable header
- P57Kernicterusnon-billable header
- P58Neonatal jaundice due to other excessive hemolysisnon-billable header
- P59Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified causesnon-billable header
- P60Disseminated intravascular coagulation of newborn
- P61Other perinatal hematological disordersnon-billable header
- P50Newborn affected by intrauterine (fetal) blood lossnon-billable header