P83.88 Other specified conditions of integument specific to newborn

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026. Exempt from present-on-admission (POA) reporting.

Applicable to

• Bronze baby syndrome
• Neonatal scleroderma
• Urticaria neonatorum

Applies from P83 Other conditions of integument specific to newborn

Excludes1 (never code together)

• congenital malformations of skin and integument (Q80-Q84)
• hydrops fetalis due to hemolytic disease (P56.-)
• neonatal skin infection (P39.4)
• staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome (L00)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• cradle cap (L21.0)
• diaper [napkin] dermatitis (L22)

MS-DRG index

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

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 778.8 Other specified conditions involving the integument of fetus and newborn (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to P83.88

Back-references to P83.88

• Type 1 Excludes: M34 Systemic sclerosis [scleroderma] ("neonatal scleroderma (P83.88)")

Back-references to P83.8

• Type 1 Excludes: L50 Urticaria ("urticaria neonatorum (P83.8)")

Diagnosis Index entries for P83.88

• Adiponecrosis neonatorum
• Bronze baby syndrome
• Disorder (of) › integument, newborn › specified NEC
• Disorder (of) › skin › newborn › specified NEC
• Erythema, erythematous (infectional) (inflammation) › neonatorum
• Erythema, erythematous (infectional) (inflammation) › rash, newborn
• Erythroderma (secondary) › neonatorum
• Necrosis, necrotic (ischemic) › subcutaneous fat, newborn
• Pseudosclerema, newborn
• Scleroderma, sclerodermia (acrosclerotic) (diffuse) (generalized) (progressive) (pulmonary) › newborn
• Syndrome › bronze baby
• Urticaria › neonatorum

Nearby codes

• P83.4 Breast engorgement of newborn
• P83.5 Congenital hydrocele
• P83.6 Umbilical polyp of newborn
• P83.8 Other specified conditions of integument specific to newborn
• P83.81 Umbilical granuloma
• P83.88 Other specified conditions of integument specific to newborn (this code)
• P83.9 Condition of the integument specific to newborn, unspecified