P70.0 Syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Newborn (with hypoglycemia) affected by maternal gestational diabetes

Excludes1 (never code together)

• newborn (with hypoglycemia) affected by maternal (pre-existing) diabetes mellitus (P70.1)
• syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother (P70.1)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 794 in MDC 15.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 775.0 Syndrome of "infant of a diabetic mother" (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to P70.0

Back-references to P70.0

• Type 1 Excludes: P08.0 Exceptionally large newborn baby ("syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes (P70.0)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P08.1 Other heavy for gestational age newborn ("syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes (P70.0)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P70.1 Syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother ("newborn (with hypoglycemia) affected by maternal gestational diabetes (P70.0)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P70.1 Syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother ("syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes (P70.0)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R73 Elevated blood glucose level ("neonatal disorders (P70.0-P70.2)")

Back-references to P70

• Type 2 Excludes: P00 Newborn affected by maternal conditions that may be unrelated to present pregnancy ("newborn affected by maternal endocrine and metabolic disorders (P70-P74)")

Diagnosis Index entries for P70.0

• Diabetes, diabetic (mellitus) (sugar) › gestational (in pregnancy) › affecting newborn
• Hypoglycemia (spontaneous) › in infant of diabetic mother › gestational diabetes
• Infant (s) › of diabetic mother (syndrome of) › gestational diabetes
• Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton) › affected by › maternal (complication of) (use of) › gestational diabetes
• Syndrome › infant › gestational diabetes

Nearby codes

• P70 Transitory disorders of carbohydrate metabolism specific to newborn
• P70.0 Syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes (this code)
• P70.1 Syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother
• P70.2 Neonatal diabetes mellitus
• P70.3 Iatrogenic neonatal hypoglycemia
• P70.4 Other neonatal hypoglycemia
• P70.8 Other transitory disorders of carbohydrate metabolism of newborn