P61.5
Billable codeTransient neonatal neutropenia
The ICD-10 code for transient neonatal neutropenia is P61.5.
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 neutropenia (nontransient) (D70.0)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •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.
Related codes in this category
- P61.0Transient neonatal thrombocytopenia
- P61.1Polycythemia neonatorum
- P61.2Anemia of prematurity
- P61.3Congenital anemia from fetal blood loss
- P61.4Other congenital anemias, not elsewhere classified
- P61.6Other transient neonatal disorders of coagulation
- P61.8Other specified perinatal hematological disorders
- P61.9Perinatal hematological disorder, unspecified
- P61.5Transient neonatal neutropenia
ICD-9-CM equivalent
Informational only — GEM mappings are approximate, not guaranteed one-to-one equivalents. Verify before use in billing.
- 7767
Associated MS-DRGs
P61.5 can serve as the principal diagnosis for these Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups.
Informational only — actual DRG assignment also depends on procedures, complications/comorbidities (CC/MCC), discharge status, and payer-specific rules not reflected here.