Section
P08
Disorders of newborn related to long gestation and high birth weight
Hierarchy
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P00-P96 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
Notes
P08
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When both birth weight and gestational age of the newborn are available, priority of assignment should be given to birth weight
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Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records
Includes
P08
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the listed conditions, without further specification, as causes of morbidity or additional care, in newborn
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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