ICD-10-CM · Chapter 16 · P00–P96
P03.3
Newborn affected by delivery by vacuum extractor [ventouse]
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Quick facts
- Code
- P03.3
- 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 P03.3 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of newborn affected by delivery by vacuum extractor [ventouse]. 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
- P03.2Newborn affected by forceps delivery
- 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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