P91.0
Billable codeNeonatal cerebral ischemia
The ICD-10 code for neonatal cerebral ischemia is P91.0.
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 cerebral infarction (P91.82-)
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
- P91.1Acquired periventricular cysts of newborn
- P91.2Neonatal cerebral leukomalacia
- P91.3Neonatal cerebral irritability
- P91.4Neonatal cerebral depression
- P91.5Neonatal coma
- P91.6Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy [HIE]non-billable header
- P91.8Other specified disturbances of cerebral status of newbornnon-billable header
- P91.9Disturbance of cerebral status of newborn, unspecified
- P91.0Neonatal cerebral ischemia
ICD-9-CM equivalent
Informational only — GEM mappings are approximate, not guaranteed one-to-one equivalents. Verify before use in billing.
- 7792Approximate match
Associated MS-DRGs
P91.0 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.