Disorders of newborn related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified (P07)
The ICD-10 code P07 covers newborn disorders associated with early birth and low birth weight that don't fit into other more specific categories. These codes identify babies who are born prematurely or with a birth weight significantly below average.
This section includes codes for varying degrees of low birth weight, such as P07.0 for extremely low birth weight newborns, including weights less than 500 grams (about 1.1 pounds), and other low birth weight newborns coded from P07.1 with weight ranges up to 2499 grams. It also classifies newborns by gestational age, covering extreme immaturity from less than 23 weeks (P07.21) to late preterm infants up to 36 completed weeks (P07.39). Common terms like "very low birth weight infant," "extremely low birth weight infant," "premature baby," and "baby premature at delivery" correspond to these official ICD-10 codes, helping clarify diagnoses and coding. These codes support accurate documentation of births affected by short gestation or growth issues, enabling clear identification of the newborn’s condition for clinical and administrative purposes.
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00–P96)
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
P07.1 Other low birth weight newborn
- P07.10 Other low birth weight newborn, unspecified weight
- P07.14 Other low birth weight newborn, 1000-1249 grams
- P07.15 Other low birth weight newborn, 1250-1499 grams
- P07.16 Other low birth weight newborn, 1500-1749 grams
- P07.17 Other low birth weight newborn, 1750-1999 grams
- P07.18 Other low birth weight newborn, 2000-2499 grams
P07.2 Extreme immaturity of newborn
- P07.20 Extreme immaturity of newborn, unspecified weeks of gestation
- P07.21 Extreme immaturity of newborn, gestational age less than 23 completed weeks
- P07.22 Extreme immaturity of newborn, gestational age 23 completed weeks
- P07.23 Extreme immaturity of newborn, gestational age 24 completed weeks
- P07.24 Extreme immaturity of newborn, gestational age 25 completed weeks
- P07.25 Extreme immaturity of newborn, gestational age 26 completed weeks
- P07.26 Extreme immaturity of newborn, gestational age 27 completed weeks
P07.3 Preterm [premature] newborn [other]
- P07.30 Preterm newborn, unspecified weeks of gestation
- P07.31 Preterm newborn, gestational age 28 completed weeks
- P07.32 Preterm newborn, gestational age 29 completed weeks
- P07.33 Preterm newborn, gestational age 30 completed weeks
- P07.34 Preterm newborn, gestational age 31 completed weeks
- P07.35 Preterm newborn, gestational age 32 completed weeks
- P07.36 Preterm newborn, gestational age 33 completed weeks
- P07.37 Preterm newborn, gestational age 34 completed weeks
- P07.38 Preterm newborn, gestational age 35 completed weeks
- P07.39 Preterm newborn, gestational age 36 completed weeks
Disorders of newborn related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified (P07)
Instructional Notations
Includes
This note appears immediately under a three character code title to further define, or give examples of, the content of the category.
- the listed conditions, without further specification, as the cause of morbidity or additional care, in newborn
- When both birth weight and gestational age of the newborn are available, both should be coded with birth weight sequenced before gestational age
