Excludes2

  • asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status (Z21)
  • congenital gonococcal infection (A54.-)
  • congenital pneumonia (P23.-)
  • congenital syphilis (A50.-)
  • human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
  • infant botulism (A48.51)
  • infectious diseases not specific to the perinatal period (A00-B99, J09, J10.-)
  • intestinal infectious disease (A00-A09)
  • laboratory evidence of human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] (R75)
  • tetanus neonatorum (A33)
  1. P39 Other infections specific to the perinatal period

    Use additional code to identify organism or specific infection

    1. P39.0 Neonatal infective mastitis

    2. P39.1 Neonatal conjunctivitis and dacryocystitis

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis
      • Ophthalmia neonatorum NOS
    3. P39.2 Intra-amniotic infection affecting newborn, not elsewhere classified

    4. P39.3 Neonatal urinary tract infection

    5. P39.4 Neonatal skin infection

      Inclusion term(s):

      • Neonatal pyoderma
    6. P39.8 Other specified infections specific to the perinatal period

    7. P39.9 Infection specific to the perinatal period, unspecified

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.