P59.9 Neonatal jaundice, unspecified

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Neonatal physiological jaundice (intense)(prolonged) NOS

Applies from P59 Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified causes

Excludes1 (never code together)

• jaundice due to inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88)
• kernicterus (P57.-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 795 in MDC 15.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 774.6 Unspecified fetal and neonatal jaundice (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to P59.9

Back-references to P59

• 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: R17 Unspecified jaundice ("neonatal jaundice (P55, P57-P59)")

Diagnosis Index entries for P59.9

• Icterus › newborn
• Jaundice (yellow) › newborn
• Jaundice (yellow) › symptomatic › newborn
• Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton) › hyperbilirubinemia
• Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton) › jaundice

Nearby codes

• P59.2 Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified hepatocellular damage
• P59.20 Neonatal jaundice from unspecified hepatocellular damage
• P59.29 Neonatal jaundice from other hepatocellular damage
• P59.3 Neonatal jaundice from breast milk inhibitor
• P59.8 Neonatal jaundice from other specified causes
• P59.9 Neonatal jaundice, unspecified (this code)