P03.81
Header — not billableNewborn affected by abnormality in fetal (intrauterine) heart rate or rhythm
The ICD-10 code for newborn affected by abnormality in fetal (intrauterine) heart rate or rhythm is P03.81.
P03.81 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.
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).
- neonatal cardiac dysrhythmia (P29.1-)
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 P03.81
- P03.810Newborn affected by abnormality in fetal (intrauterine) heart rate or rhythm before the onset of labor
- P03.811Newborn affected by abnormality in fetal (intrauterine) heart rate or rhythm during labor
- P03.819Newborn affected by abnormality in fetal (intrauterine) heart rate or rhythm, unspecified as to time of onset
Related codes in this category
- P03.82Meconium passage during delivery
- P03.89Newborn affected by other specified complications of labor and delivery
- P03.81Newborn affected by abnormality in fetal (intrauterine) heart rate or rhythmnon-billable header