P58.9

Neonatal jaundice due to excessive hemolysis, unspecified

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

This is the unspecified option. 7 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.

Exclusions 11 never code together

P58code

Excludes1

jaundice due to isoimmunization (P55-P57)P55-P57

P50-P61block

Excludes1

congenital stenosis and stricture of bile ducts (Q44.3)Q44.3
Crigler-Najjar syndrome (E80.5)E80.5
Dubin-Johnson syndrome (E80.6)E80.6
Gilbert syndrome (E80.4)E80.4
hereditary hemolytic anemias (D55-D58)D55-D58

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

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

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

Instructional notes 2

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 2

Jaundice (yellow) R17
- newborn P59.9
  - due to or associated with
    - excessive hemolysis P58.9
Hemolysis
- neonatal (excessive) P58.9

Alongside this code 7 same parent — P58

P58.0 Neonatal jaundice due to bruising P58.1 Neonatal jaundice due to bleeding P58.2 Neonatal jaundice due to infection P58.3 Neonatal jaundice due to polycythemia P58.4 Neontl jaundice d/t mother drugs/toxins category P58.5 Neonatal jaundice due to swallowed maternal blood P58.8 Neonatal jaundice due to other specified excessive hemolysis

Medications 1

2 Jaundice, Neonatal 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.

Additional references

AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required

Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

Presence is a property of the code. Untick a model to hide it everywhere.

This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: P58
Block: P50-P61
Siblings: 7

Present FY2024–FY2027.