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P39.9

Billable

Infection specific to the perinatal period, unspecified

Infection specific to the perinatal period, unspecified

Status

Billable / Specific

Block

P35-P39

Parent Code

P39

ICD-11 Mapping

1 equivalent

Coding Notes

Includes

Conditions included under this code

  • conditions that have their origin in the fetal or perinatal period (before birth through the first 28 days after birth) even if morbidity occurs later

Excludes 2

Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both

Use Additional Code

Additional codes that should follow this code

  • code to identify organism or specific infection
Related Codes(6)
P39.0

Neonatal infective mastitis

BillableP39.1

Neonatal conjunctivitis and dacryocystitis

BillableP39.2

Intra-amniotic infection affecting newborn, NEC

BillableP39.3

Neonatal urinary tract infection

BillableP39.4

Neonatal skin infection

BillableP39.8

Other specified infections specific to the perinatal period

Billable
ICD-11 Equivalents(1)

ICD-11 Equivalents

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Corresponding ICD-11 codes from the WHO crosswalk mapping

KA6ZInfections of the fetus or newborn, unspecifiedequivalentPrimary
Also Known As / Clinical Terms(491)

SNOMED CT

UMLS

Clinical Terms

  • Keratitis caused by infection
  • MIRAGE (myelodysplasia, infection, restriction of growth, adrenal hypoplasia, genital anomalies, enteropathy) syndrome
  • Acoustic neuritis
  • Subacute infective endocarditis
  • Acoustic neuritis of right ear due to infectious disease
  • Acute endocarditis
  • Observation of contents of cervix
  • Infection after injection
  • Osteomyelitis of right humerus
  • Congenital small adrenal gland
  • Mixed infection
  • Osteomyelitis of right pelvis
  • Polymicrobial infection
  • Septic wound
  • Glomerular disease due to infectious disease
  • Right sided acute infective endocarditis
  • Posterior uveitis due to infectious disease
  • Disease of presumed infectious origin
  • Perinatal infection NOS
  • Infectious encephalitis epilepsy
  • Papilloretinitis
  • Neonatal colibacillosis
  • Infective glomerular disease
  • Disorder of bilateral acoustic nerves
  • Infection causing inflammation of optic nerve
  • Infection of urachal remnant
  • perinatal infection
  • Early neonatal infection caused by bacterium
  • Intermediate uveitis
  • Local infection of wound
  • Infectious posterior uveitis
  • Seroma following procedure
  • Infection of lip
  • Exacerbation of bronchiectasis caused by infection
  • Infection of uncertain aetiology
  • Lymphopenia
  • Infection of organ surgical site following surgical procedure
  • Neonatal infectious disorder
  • Infection of heart transplant
  • Cellulitis of elbow
  • Postoperative wound infection-deep
  • Infectious neuroretinitis
  • Early neonatal infection caused by Streptococcus group B
  • Acute localized peritonitis caused by infection
  • Polyinfection
  • Superficial puncture wound
  • MIRAGE syndrome
  • Osteomyelitis of left pelvis
  • Early neonatal infection caused by fungus
  • Named sign of foot
  • Seizures complicating infection
  • Superficial infection of soft tissue at puncture site due to and following neuraxial block
  • Disorder of both acoustic nerves
  • Lyell syndrome due to infection
  • Infectious spinal instability
  • Mixed infectious disease
  • Infection of left eye
  • Post-traumatic wound infection
  • Invasive infection
  • Infection of puncture wound
  • Lyell syndrome
  • Cauda equina syndrome due to infection
  • IL10 (interleukin 10) related early-onset inflammatory bowel disease
  • Epilepsy due to infectious disease of central nervous system
  • Infectious abscess of central nervous system
  • Osler's node of foot
  • Pseudomonas pyocyaneus congenital infection
  • Osteomyelitis of finger of right hand
  • CAH - Congenital adrenal hypoplasia
  • Infected seroma due to and following procedure
  • Infection of both eyes
  • Superficial soft tissue infection at site of neuraxial block
  • Oedema due to infection
  • Infection causing tic
  • Panuveitis due to infectious disease
  • Urachal sinus
  • Acute urticaria due to underlying infection
  • Infection causing multiple abscesses of brain
  • Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis spectrum
  • Early neonatal infection caused by Escherichia coli
  • Acute infective localised peritonitis
  • Neonatal haemolysis with systemic bacterial infection
  • Infection of transplanted liver
  • Organ surgical site infection
  • Acute infectious peritonitis
  • Osteomyelitis of left hand
  • Infantile group B strep infection
  • Abscess of tendon sheath of right ankle and/or foot
  • Acute infective localized peritonitis
  • Streptococcus group B infection of the infant
  • Seroma
  • Congenital urachal cyst
  • Postprocedural infected seroma
  • Perinatal infection of fetus and/or neonate
  • Infected wound
  • Cellulitis of left elbow
  • Infection causing granuloma of extradural space of spinal cord
  • Infected remnant urachus
  • Exacerbation of allergic asthma due to infection
  • Toxic epidermolysis
  • Congenital hypoplasia of adrenal gland
  • Finding of contents of cervix
  • Malformation of urachus
  • Subacute endocarditis of right side of heart due to infection
  • Lymphocytopenia
  • Infective cyst of central nervous system
  • Infection of vertebral internal fixation device
  • Disorder of bilateral vestibulocochlear nerves
  • Fever due to infection
  • Osler node of hand
  • Eosinophilia due to infectious disease
  • Infective subacute endocarditis of right side of heart
  • Azoospermia due to infectious disease
  • Congenital cyst of urachus
  • Infection of right eye
  • Lymphocyte count below reference range
  • Superficial soft tissue infection at site of peripheral nerve block
  • Epithelial keratitis caused by infection
  • Infectious epithelial keratitis
  • Infection causing subacute endocarditis
  • Urticaria secondary to infection
  • Osteomyelitis of left humerus
  • Perinatal streptococcal infection
  • Urachal sinus with infection
  • Injection site infection
  • Intermediate uveitis due to infectious disease
  • Congenital adrenal hypoplasia
  • Invasive infectious disease
  • Clinical infection
  • Acute urticaria
  • Subacute endocarditis
  • Contents of os cervix
  • Fever with infection
  • Cellulitis of right elbow
  • Edema due to infection
  • Infection causing granuloma of central nervous system
  • Multi-organism infectious disease
  • Left acoustic neuritis due to infectious disease
  • Acute endocarditis of right side of heart due to infection
  • Acute seizure due to infection of central nervous system
  • Congenital infection
  • Acoustic neuritis due to infectious disease
  • Infective disorder
  • Acoustic neuritis of bilateral ears due to infectious disease
  • Infected allantoic cyst
  • Myelodysplasia, infection, restriction of growth, adrenal hypoplasia, genital phenotypes, enteropathy syndrome
  • Infection causing abscess of central nervous system
  • Abscess of right foot
  • Infection of deep tissue at puncture site due to and following peripheral nerve block
  • Clinical infection of newborn
  • Secondary tic disorder
  • Epilepsy due to infectious encephalitis
  • Intraspinal extradural infectious granuloma
  • Infection of uncertain etiology
  • Named signs of foot
  • Pus at uterine os cervix
  • Osteomyelitis of finger of left hand
  • Infection causing cyst of central nervous system
  • perinatal infections
  • Congenital infectious disease
  • Perinatal staphylococcal infection
  • Idiopathic infection
  • Alymphocytosis
  • Right acoustic neuritis due to infectious disease
  • Abscess of ankle
  • Infection of urachal sinus
  • Peripheral uveitis
  • Peripheral uveoretinitis
  • Infected surgical wound
  • Infectious oedema
  • Right sided subacute infective endocarditis
  • Abscess of tendon sheath of right foot
  • Vomiting co-occurrent and due to infectious disease
  • Infectious optic neuropathy
  • Neonatal hemolysis with systemic bacterial infection
  • Short stature co-occurrent and due to endocrine disorder
  • Bilateral acoustic neuritis due to infectious disease
  • Early neonatal infection caused by Anaerobic bacterium
  • Myelodysplasia, infection, restriction of growth, adrenal hypoplasia, genital anomalies, enteropathy syndrome
  • Postoperative wound infection
  • Osteomyelitis of right hand
  • Infantile streptococcal infection
  • Infection of bilateral eyes
  • Infectious granuloma of central nervous system
  • Infectious disease
  • Infection-related eosinophilia
  • IL10-related early-onset inflammatory bowel disease
  • Infection of transplanted heart
  • Hydrocephalus ex vacuo
  • Right sided infective endocarditis
  • Infection
  • Wound infected
  • Infectious panuveitis
  • Neuroretinitis caused by infection
  • Infectious edema
  • Neonatal haemolysis co-occurrent and due to systemic bacterial infection
  • Infection of phalanx of finger or thumb
  • Intraspinal intramedullary infectious granuloma
  • Multiple brain abscesses
  • Neonatal hemolysis co-occurrent and due to systemic bacterial infection
  • Acute infective endocarditis
  • Biliary infection
  • Neuroretinitis
  • Infected urachal cyst
  • Toxic epidermal necrolysis due to infection
  • Neonatal streptococcal infection
  • Seizures complicating infection in the newborn
  • Toxic epidermal necrolysis
  • Early neonatal infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus
  • Infectious intermediate uveitis
  • Early neonatal parasitic infection
  • Infective myoendocarditis
  • Infection causing granuloma of spinal cord
  • Biliary sepsis
  • Instability of spine due to infectious disorder
  • Osler's node of hand
  • Allantoic cyst
  • Post procedure puncture site infection
  • Urachal cyst
  • Postprocedural seroma
  • Interleukin 10 related early-onset inflammatory bowel disease
  • Acute urticaria due to infectious disease
  • Infection of biliary tract
  • Perinatal infection caused by Staphylococcus
  • Complication of transplanted liver
  • Perinatal infection caused by Streptococcus
  • Situation-related seizures
  • Osler node of foot
  • Ex-vacuo hydrocephalus due to infection
  • Wound infection
  • Immune dysregulation, inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, recurrent infection syndrome
  • Lymphopenia due to infection
  • Multiple abscesses
  • Neutropenia associated with infectious disease
  • Acoustic neuritis of both ears due to infectious disease
  • Infectious keratitis
  • Abscess of tendon sheath of right ankle
  • Infections specific to the perinatal period (P35-P39)
  • Infection of liver transplant
  • Acoustic neuritis of left ear due to infectious disease
  • Congenital non-bacterial non-viral infection
  • Superficial soft tissue infection at puncture site due to and following peripheral nerve block
  • Infection causing myoendocarditis
  • Acute infectious endocarditis
  • Disorder of autonomic nervous system due to infectious disease
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the ICD-10 code for infection specific to the perinatal period, unspecified?

The ICD-10-CM code for infection specific to the perinatal period, unspecified is P39.9. The full clinical description is "Infection specific to the perinatal period, unspecified". P39.9 is a billable/specific code that can be used on insurance claims and medical billing.

What does ICD-10 code P39.9 mean?

ICD-10-CM code P39.9 represents “Infection specific to the perinatal period, unspecified”. It is classified under Chapter 16: Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period and is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.

Is P39.9 a billable code?

Yes, P39.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.

What chapter is P39.9 in?

P39.9 is in Chapter 16: Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period (codes P00-P96).

Are additional codes required with P39.9?

Yes, when using P39.9, also report: organism or specific infection.

What SNOMED CT codes does P39.9 map to?

P39.9 maps to 147 SNOMED CT concepts: 58196009, 10632551000119108, 16583121000119109, 450421000124105, 1075771000119101, and 142 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.

What are the UMLS CUIs for P39.9?

P39.9 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0158944. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

How does P39.9 relate to ICF functioning codes?

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like infection specific to the perinatal period, unspecified affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

What is the ICD-11 equivalent of P39.9?

P39.9 maps to the ICD-11 code: KA6Z (Infections of the fetus or newborn, unspecified).

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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.