ICD-10-CM · Chapter 16 · P00–P96
P61.8
Other specified perinatal hematological disorders
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Quick facts
- Code
- P61.8
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 16 — Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
- Category
- P61 — Other perinatal hematological disorders
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM P61.8 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of other specified perinatal hematological disorders. 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 P61
- P61Other perinatal hematological disorders
- P61.0Transient neonatal thrombocytopenia
- P61.1Polycythemia neonatorum
- P61.2Anemia of prematurity
- P61.3Congenital anemia from fetal blood loss
- P61.4Other congenital anemias, not elsewhere classified
- P61.5Transient neonatal neutropenia
- P61.6Other transient neonatal disorders of coagulation
- P61.9Perinatal hematological disorder, unspecified
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