P07.3
Preterm [premature] newborn [other]
P07.3 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for preterm [premature] newborn [other]. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are P07.30 Preterm newborn, unspecified weeks of gestation; P07.31 Preterm newborn, gestational age 28 completed weeks; P07.32 Preterm newborn, gestational age 29 completed weeks; P07.33 Preterm newborn, gestational age 30 completed weeks and 6 more. Its coding notes include 5 Excludes2 entries.
Guidelines tips
From the FY2027 Official Guidelines. ICD10Ref adds no rules of its own.
Chapter 16 codes are never used on the maternal record, and chapter 15 codes are never used on the newborn record. Chapter 16 codes can be used for life if the condition persists.
Prematurity is coded only when documented. When birth weight and gestational age are both available, two P07 codes are assigned, weight first. P07 can also apply to an older child or adult whose health is still affected.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (5 notes)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- tetanus neonatorum (A33)
Includes
Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.
- the listed conditions, without further specification, as the cause of morbidity or additional care, in newborn
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- 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
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
- 28 completed weeks or more but less than 37 completed weeks (196 completed days but less than 259 completed days) of gestation.
- Prematurity NOS
Notes
- When both birth weight and gestational age of the newborn are available, both should be coded with birth weight sequenced before gestational age
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records
More specific codes under P07.3 10
- P07.30Preterm newborn, unspecified weeks of gestationBillable
- P07.31Preterm newborn, gestational age 28 completed weeksBillable
- P07.32Preterm newborn, gestational age 29 completed weeksBillable
- P07.33Preterm newborn, gestational age 30 completed weeksBillable
- P07.34Preterm newborn, gestational age 31 completed weeksBillable
- P07.35Preterm newborn, gestational age 32 completed weeksBillable
- P07.36Preterm newborn, gestational age 33 completed weeksBillable
- P07.37Preterm newborn, gestational age 34 completed weeksBillable
- P07.38Preterm newborn, gestational age 35 completed weeksBillable
- P07.39Preterm newborn, gestational age 36 completed weeksBillable