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P59.0

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Neonatal jaundice associated with preterm delivery

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

Yellowing of a newborn's skin and eyes that occurs in babies born before 37 weeks of pregnancy due to their immature liver function.

Coding Tips

  • •Confirm gestational age documentation and that delivery was preterm
  • •This code reflects jaundice related to prematurity itself, not other hemolytic causes

Code Hierarchy

└P59Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified causes└P59.0Neonatal jaundice associated with preterm delivery
└P59.0Neonatal jaundice associated with preterm delivery

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