P59.0

Neonatal jaundice associated with preterm delivery

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

Exclusions 12 never code together

P59code

Excludes1

jaundice due to inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88)E70-E88
kernicterus (P57.-)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 4

P59.0code

Inclusion terms

Hyperbilirubinemia of prematurity
Jaundice due to delayed conjugation associated with preterm delivery

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
- due to or associated with
  - delayed conjugation P59.8
    - associated with (due to) preterm delivery P59.0
  - preterm delivery P59.0
- newborn P59.9
  - due to or associated with
    - breast milk inhibitors to conjugation P59.3
      - associated with preterm delivery P59.0
    - delayed conjugation P59.8
      - associated with preterm delivery P59.0
    - preterm delivery P59.0
Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton) Z38.2
- jaundice P59.9
  - due to
    - preterm delivery P59.0
  - of prematurity P59.0
- hyperbilirubinemia P59.9
  - of prematurity P59.0

Alongside this code 5 same parent — P59

P59.1 Inspissated bile syndrome P59.2 Neonatal jaundice from other and unsp hepatocellular damage category P59.3 Neonatal jaundice from breast milk inhibitor P59.8 Neonatal jaundice from other specified causes P59.9 Neonatal jaundice, unspecified

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.

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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: P59
Block: P50-P61
Siblings: 5

Present FY2024–FY2027.