P70.1 Syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Newborn (with hypoglycemia) affected by maternal (pre-existing) diabetes mellitus

Excludes1 (never code together)

• newborn (with hypoglycemia) affected by maternal gestational diabetes (P70.0)
• syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes (P70.0)

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 P70.1

Back-references to P70.1

• Type 1 Excludes: E16.1 Other hypoglycemia ("hypoglycemia in infant of diabetic mother (P70.1)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P08.0 Exceptionally large newborn baby ("syndrome of infant of diabetic mother (P70.1)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P08.1 Other heavy for gestational age newborn ("syndrome of infant of diabetic mother (P70.1)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P70.0 Syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes ("newborn (with hypoglycemia) affected by maternal (pre-existing) diabetes mellitus (P70.1)")
• Type 1 Excludes: P70.0 Syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes ("syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother (P70.1)")
• 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 P70.1

• Hypoglycemia (spontaneous) › in infant of diabetic mother
• Infant (s) › of diabetic mother (syndrome of)
• Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton) › affected by › maternal (complication of) (use of) › diabetes mellitus (pre-existing)
• Syndrome › infant › of diabetic mother

Nearby codes

• P70 Transitory disorders of carbohydrate metabolism specific to newborn
• P70.0 Syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes
• P70.1 Syndrome of infant of a diabetic mother (this code)
• 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
• P70.9 Transitory disorder of carbohydrate metabolism of newborn, unspecified