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Compare/P80 vs R68.0

P80 vs R68.0

P80 (Hypothermia of newborn) compared with R68.0 (Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature), 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. R68.0 carries an Excludes1 note covering P80: “newborn hypothermia (P80.-)”

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

P80Hypothermia of newbornR68.0Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: P80.0, P80.8, P80.9

Billable
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)
DefinitionHypothermia of newborn is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (P80).Hypothermia, not associated with low environmental temperature is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (R68.0).

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