Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Acidemia of newborn
  • Acidosis of newborn
  • Anoxia of newborn NOS
  • Asphyxia of newborn NOS
  • Hypercapnia of newborn
  • Hypoxemia of newborn
  • Hypoxia of newborn NOS
  • Mixed metabolic and respiratory acidosis of newborn

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with P84

  • intracranial hemorrhage due to anoxia or hypoxia (P52.-)
  • hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy [HIE] (P91.6-)
  • P74.0 - late metabolic acidosis of newborn (P74.0)

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