P92.6
Billable codeFailure to thrive in newborn
The ICD-10 code for failure to thrive in newborn is P92.6.
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).
- failure to thrive in child over 28 days old (R62.51)
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
- P92.0Vomiting of newbornnon-billable header
- P92.1Regurgitation and rumination of newborn
- P92.2Slow feeding of newborn
- P92.3Underfeeding of newborn
- P92.4Overfeeding of newborn
- P92.5Neonatal difficulty in feeding at breast
- P92.8Other feeding problems of newborn
- P92.9Feeding problem of newborn, unspecified
- P92.6Failure to thrive in newborn
ICD-9-CM equivalent
Informational only — GEM mappings are approximate, not guaranteed one-to-one equivalents. Verify before use in billing.
- 77934
Associated MS-DRGs
P92.6 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.