P28.30

Primary sleep apnea of newborn, unspecified

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

This is the unspecified option. 4 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.

Exclusions 6 never code together

P28.3code

Excludes2

other apnea of newborn (P28.4-)P28.4-

P00-P96chapter

Excludes2

congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
tetanus neonatorum (A33)A33

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 5

P28.3code

Inclusion terms

Sleep apnea of newborn NOS

P28code

Code also

, if applicable, congenital malformations of the respiratory system (Q30-Q34)Q30-Q34

P28.30code

Inclusion terms

Transient oxygen desaturation spells of newborn during sleep

P00-P96chapter

Notes

Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records

Includes

conditions that have their origin in the fetal or perinatal period (before birth through the first 28 days after birth) even if morbidity occurs later

Index entries leading here 3

Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton) Z38.2
- apnea P28.40
  - primary P28.30
  - sleep (central) (obstructive) (primary) P28.30
Apnea, apneic (of) (spells) R06.81
- newborn P28.40
  - sleep
    - primary P28.30
Spells, transient oxygen desaturation of newborn P28.40
- during sleep P28.30

Alongside this code 4 same parent — P28.3

P28.31 Primary central sleep apnea of newborn P28.32 Primary obstructive sleep apnea of newborn P28.33 Primary mixed sleep apnea of newborn P28.39 Other primary sleep apnea of newborn

Medications 2

7 Sleep Apnea Syndromes drugs 3 Sleep Apnea, Obstructive drugs

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: P28.3
Block: P19-P29
Siblings: 4

Present FY2024–FY2027.