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P70.1

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Syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother

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

What This Code Means

A group of symptoms and metabolic problems in newborns whose mothers had diabetes before or during pregnancy.

Coding Tips

  • •Use this code when the mother has pre-existing diabetes (Type 1 or Type 2), not gestational diabetes
  • •Document maternal diabetes type in the record to support appropriate code selection

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • newborn (with hypoglycemia) affected by maternal gestational diabetes (P70.0)
  • syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes (P70.0)

Code Hierarchy

└P70Transitory disorders of carbohydrate metabolism specific to newborn└P70.1Syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother
└P70.1Syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother

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