There are 4 categories of codes for newborn jaundice as per the cause – P55 (hemolytic disease), P57 (kernicterus), P58 (due to other hemolytic reasons) and P59 (Neonatal jaundice from other specified causes) Hyperbilirubinemia in new born should be coded as newborn Jaundice (As per ICD-10 CM index listing).These codes are used for new born of age 0 to 28 days old.ICD 10 codes for Neonatal Jaundice or Newborn Jaundice Unspecified Jaundice in adult should be coded with Dx R17.It is important to see the patient age and cause of jaundice in medical record to code to the highest specificity. ICD 10 Code for Neonatal jaundice are found in chapter 16 – conditions originating in perinatal period, code range P00 – P96 ICD 10 Codes for jaundice are located in different chapters in ICD book. ICD 10 Codes for Jaundice and Coding guidelines: Posthepatic – It is also called obstructive due to blockage of flow of bile into intestine. Hepatic – This happens due to liver dysfunction and diseases like hepatitis, cirrhosis, congenital disorders, cancer and drugs. Causes of prehepatic jaundice are thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, autoimmune disease and transfusion Prehepatic – More amount of bilirubin is produced when RBC lysis exceeds.
There are mainly 3 types of jaundice – Prehepatic, hepatic, posthepatic. Sometimes biopsy is done to check for cancer cells. Physician diagnose jaundice by doing physical exam to check the skin and eye colour change, liver function test, coagulation studies, ultrasound, CT, MRI, cholescintigraphy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancretography. If jaundice along with severe abdominal pain, blood vomit, blood in stool, change in mental function, fever or tendency to bleed easily are cause of concern. Jaundice in adult needs immediate medical care as it is a sign of an underlying disease such as:Ĭommon symptoms of jaundice are yellow skin and white of eyes, dark coloured body fluids (urine and stool).
New born jaundice gets cured after few days by exposing to light or sunlight which breaks down bilirubin and liver will start functioning normally. But amount of bilirubin increases in blood if liver has any problem and not taking bilirubin. In normal body function, liver filters out bilirubin in bile from blood. This yellow colour happens due to excess amount of Bilirubin (yellow pigment formed during normal breakdown of RBC) in blood.
Jaundice is very common in new born which makes skin and white of the eyes yellow.
The term Jaundice has come from French word Jaune (means yellow). In this article will learn the following topics: Symptoms, Types of Jaundice, ICD 10 Code for Jaundice, ICD 10 Code for Neonatal Jaundice or Newborn Jaundice, ICD 10 Code for Obstructive Jaundice and its coding guidelines along with examples.
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