P57.8 Other specified kernicterus

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

Excludes1 (never code together)

• Crigler-Najjar syndrome (E80.5)

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• CMS-HCC V28: HCC 192 — Cerebral Palsy, Except Quadriplegic

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 774.7 Kernicterus of fetus or newborn not due to isoimmunization (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to P57.8

Back-references to P57

• Type 1 Excludes: K72 Hepatic failure, not elsewhere classified ("icterus of newborn (P55-P59)")
• Code Also: K76.82 Hepatic encephalopathy ("icterus of newborn (P55-P59)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P58 Neonatal jaundice due to other excessive hemolysis ("jaundice due to isoimmunization (P55-P57)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P59 Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified causes ("kernicterus (P57.-)")
• Code First: P91.811 Neonatal encephalopathy in diseases classified elsewhere ("kernicterus (P57.-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R17 Unspecified jaundice ("neonatal jaundice (P55, P57-P59)")

Diagnosis Index entries for P57.8

• Kernicterus of newborn (not due to isoimmunization) › specified type NEC

Nearby codes

• P57 Kernicterus
• P57.0 Kernicterus due to isoimmunization
• P57.8 Other specified kernicterus (this code)
• P57.9 Kernicterus, unspecified