Kodex

Section

P07.0

Extremely low birth weight newborn

Hierarchy

P00-P96 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
- P05-P08 Disorders of newborn related to length of gestation and fetal growth (P05-P08)
  - P07 Disorders of newborn related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified
    - P07.0 Extremely low birth weight newborn
      - P07.00 Extremely low birth weight newborn, unspecified weight
      - P07.01 Extremely low birth weight newborn, less than 500 grams
      - P07.02 Extremely low birth weight newborn, 500-749 grams
      - P07.03 Extremely low birth weight newborn, 750-999 grams

Notes

When both birth weight and gestational age of the newborn are available, both should be coded with birth weight sequenced before gestational age

Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records

Inclusion Terms

P07.0

Newborn birth weight 999 g. or less

Includes

the listed conditions, without further specification, as the cause of morbidity or additional care, in newborn

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 1

P07.0

low birth weight due to slow fetal growth and fetal malnutrition (P05.-)
- P05 Disorders of newborn related to slow fetal growth and fetal malnutrition

Excludes 2

Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
A33 Tetanus neonatorum