ICD-10-CM · Chapter 16 · P00–P96
P03.2
Newborn affected by forceps delivery
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Quick facts
- Code
- P03.2
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 16 — Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
- Category
- P03 — Newborn affected by other complications of labor and delivery
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM P03.2 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of newborn affected by forceps delivery. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in P03
- P03Newborn affected by other complications of labor and delivery
- P03.0Newborn affected by breech delivery and extraction
- P03.1Newborn affected by other malpresentation, malposition and disproportion during labor and delivery
- P03.3Newborn affected by delivery by vacuum extractor [ventouse]
- P03.4Newborn affected by Cesarean delivery
- P03.5Newborn affected by precipitate delivery
- P03.6Newborn affected by abnormal uterine contractions
- P03.8Newborn affected by other specified complications of labor and delivery
- P03.81Newborn affected by abnormality in fetal (intrauterine) heart rate or rhythm
- 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
- P03.82Meconium passage during delivery
- P03.89Newborn affected by other specified complications of labor and delivery
- P03.9Newborn affected by complication of labor and delivery, unspecified
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