P35.0 Congenital rubella syndrome

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Acts as a Complication or Comorbidity (CC) as a secondary diagnosis.

Applicable to

• Congenital rubella pneumonitis

Applies from P35 Congenital viral diseases

Includes

• infections acquired in utero or during birth

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 791 in MDC 15.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 771.0 Congenital rubella

Code annotations containing back-references to P35.0

Back-references to P35.0

• Type 1 Excludes: B06 Rubella [German measles] ("congenital rubella (P35.0)")
• Code First: E08 Diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition ("congenital rubella (P35.0)")
• Type 2 Excludes: J12 Viral pneumonia, not elsewhere classified ("congenital rubella pneumonitis (P35.0)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P23.0 Congenital pneumonia due to viral agent ("congenital rubella pneumonitis (P35.0)")

Back-references to P35

• Type 2 Excludes: P00.2 Newborn affected by maternal infectious and parasitic diseases ("infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)")

Diagnosis Index entries for P35.0

• Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic) › congenital › rubella
• Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) › congenital rubella
• Pneumonitis (acute) (primary) › rubella, congenital
• Rubella (German measles) › congenital
• Rubella (German measles) › maternal › manifest rubella in infant
• Syndrome › congenital › rubella (manifest)
• Syndrome › rubella (congenital)

Nearby codes

• P35 Congenital viral diseases
• P35.0 Congenital rubella syndrome (this code)
• P35.1 Congenital cytomegalovirus infection
• P35.2 Congenital herpesviral [herpes simplex] infection
• P35.3 Congenital viral hepatitis
• P35.4 Congenital Zika virus disease
• P35.8 Other congenital viral diseases