P37
Other congenital infectious and parasitic diseases
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 21 never code together
P37code
Excludes2
- congenital syphilis (A50.-)A50.-A50.-A50.-
- infectious neonatal diarrhea (A00-A09)A00-A09A00-A09A00-A09
- necrotizing enterocolitis in newborn (P77.-)P77.-P77.-P77.-
- noninfectious neonatal diarrhea (P78.3)P78.3P78.3P78.3
- ophthalmia neonatorum due to gonococcus (A54.31)A54.31A54.31A54.31
- tetanus neonatorum (A33)A33A33A33
P35-P39block
Excludes2
- asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status (Z21)Z21
- congenital gonococcal infection (A54.-)A54.-
- congenital pneumonia (P23.-)P23.-
- congenital syphilis (A50.-)A50.-
- human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)B20
- infant botulism (A48.51)A48.51
- infectious diseases not specific to the perinatal period (A00-B99, J09, J10.-)A00-B99J09J10.-
- intestinal infectious disease (A00-A09)A00-A09
- laboratory evidence of human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] (R75)R75
- tetanus neonatorum (A33)A33
P00-P96chapter
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 3
P35-P39block
Inclusion terms
- Infections acquired in utero, during birth via the umbilicus, or during the first 28 days after birth
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
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Subordinate codes 8
P37.0 Congenital tuberculosis P37.1 Congenital toxoplasmosis P37.2 Neonatal (disseminated) listeriosis P37.3 Congenital falciparum malaria P37.4 Other congenital malaria P37.5 Neonatal candidiasis P37.8 Other specified congenital infectious and parasitic diseases P37.9 Congenital infectious or parasitic disease, unspecified
Medications 1
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.
Additional references
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