P39.8 Other specified infections specific to the perinatal period

Instructional Notes:

P39.8
Description: Other specified infections specific to the perinatal period
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P39
Description: Other infections specific to the perinatal period
Use Additional Code:
- code to identify organism or specific infection
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P35-P39
Description: Infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
Exclude2:
- 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)
Inclusion Term:
- Infections acquired in utero, during birth via the umbilicus, or during the first 28 days after birth
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P00-P96
Description: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Exclude2:
- 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)
Notes:
- Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records
Include:
- 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