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Compare/P70.0 vs R73

P70.0 vs R73

P70.0 (Syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes) compared with R73 (Elevated blood glucose level), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.

Can these codes be reported together?

No — do not report together. R73 carries an Excludes1 note covering P70.0: “neonatal disorders (P70.0-P70.2)”

Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Side by side

P70.0Syndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetesR73Elevated blood glucose level
Billing statusBillableNon-billable header

Report instead: R73.01, R73.02, R73.03, R73.09, R73.9

ClassificationP00-P96 — Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period (P00-P96)R00-R99 — Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified (R00-R99)
DefinitionSyndrome of infant of mother with gestational diabetes is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (P70.0).Elevated blood glucose level is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (R73).
Includes
transitory endocrine and metabolic disturbances caused by the infant's response to maternal endocrine and metabolic factors, or its adjustment to extrauterine environment
Newborn (with hypoglycemia) affected by maternal gestational diabetes

Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources