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P03.6 ICD-10-CM Code: Newborn affected by abnormal uterine contractions

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Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Coding at a Glance

Tabular directives
3 inclusion terms · 1 Excludes2 · 1 code-first instruction

Billable · FY2027A valid, specific ICD-10-CM code, reportable for dates of service in FY2027.

What you need to know

Source: CMS/NCHS Official ICD-10-CM tabular notes, quoted. From the CMS/NCHS tabular list for the release in force. A note the category or block publishes applies to this code too; the Instructions section marks which is which.

Code firstSequence the underlying condition before this code
  • any current condition in newborn
Excludes2Not included here; may be reported together
  • encounter for observation of newborn for suspected diseases and conditions ruled out (Z05.-)
IncludesWhat this code covers
  • Newborn affected by conditions classifiable to O62.-, except O62.3
  • Newborn affected by hypertonic labor
  • Newborn affected by uterine inertia

Most relevant related codes MedCoder-derived

Read off the official notes above and this code’s own position in the tabular list. Which to report is a documentation question; Compare shows the two side by side.

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Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44, Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 794 — NEONATE WITH OTHER SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS (MDC 15)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Coding instructions

Official Tabular Instructional Notes: the inclusion, exclusion and sequencing notes published for P03.6 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list, quoted as published.

Source: CMS/CDC — ICD-10-CM Tabular ListRelease: FY2027Effective: October 1, 2026

Trace:FY2027 changesChange historyRelease, file and checksum

Notes without a marker are published on P03.6 itself; “inherited from” names the category or block whose note applies here.

Inclusion Terms

Alternative terms the tabular list files under this code.

  • Newborn affected by conditions classifiable to O62.-, except O62.3
  • Newborn affected by hypertonic labor
  • Newborn affected by uterine inertia

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Source: inherited from P03

Code First

Underlying conditions that must be sequenced before this code.

  • any current condition in newborn

Source: inherited from P03

Coder workflow for P03.6

MedCoder structured workflow — derived from this code’s own official record

Choose the right path

  1. Is the underlying (etiologic) condition the Code First note names documented?
    Yes → Sequence the underlying condition first, then P03.6.
    No → Continue; do not add an underlying condition the record does not document.

Consider P03.6. Then confirm the code is valid for the date of service in the Verify section.

Documentation check

The provider’s diagnostic statement
Codes are assigned from the provider’s documented diagnosis, not from clinical criteria, test values or a medication list (Guidelines I.A.19).
The underlying (etiologic) condition
Named in the Code First note; sequenced before this code when documented (Guidelines I.A.13).

Official instructions as workflow

  • Excludes2 — not part of P03.6(1 note)

    Coding workflow: The conditions named in this note are not included in P03.6. When the record documents both, both may be reported; the note is a boundary, not a prohibition.

    CompareZ05

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.12.b

  • Code First — sequencing check(1 note)

    Coding workflow: Check whether the underlying or etiologic condition the note names is documented. When it is, sequence it before P03.6. Do not add an underlying condition the record does not document.

    See the official tabular notes · Guidelines I.A.13

Coding decision scenarios

Pattern scenarios for this code’s structure — decision rules, not clinical cases

Documentation: The underlying condition the Code First note names is documented alongside this condition.

Coding question: How are the two sequenced?

Path: Review the Code First note.

Reason: The underlying condition is sequenced first and the manifestation follows (Guidelines I.A.13).

Every row is derived from this code’s own record — its title, tabular notes, 7th-character family and same-category siblings — with fixed MedCoder wording; nothing is inferred about a patient. The official notes and guideline text are in the sections each row links to, and they control.

Don’t confuse P03.6 with…

MedCoder analysis — pairs from this code’s official notes, distinctions written by MedCoder

The codes most likely to be picked instead of P03.6 — named in its own official notes, or sharing its laterality or encounter family — with what separates them and which documentation moves the case. Each links to the full comparison.

  • P03.9— Specificity relationship (Review)

    Overlapping diagnoses in the same category.

    Overlapping codes in the same category — the documentation decides which is the more specific fit.

    What moves you there: A record that documents no more than “Newborn affected by complication of labor and delivery, unspecified” takes P03.9; specificity in the record moves it back here.

    Full comparison: P03.6 vs P03.9 →

  • Z05— Excludes2 relationship (Informational)

    Distinct conditions — both may be reported.

    A distinct condition — both may be reported when both are documented.

    What moves you there: Documentation of encounter for observation of newborn for suspected diseases and conditions ruled out adds Z05; it is not part of this code and both may be reported when both are documented.

    Full comparison: P03.6 vs Z05 →

Relationships are read from this code's own official notes, its laterality siblings and its encounter family; the wording of each distinction is MedCoder editorial, and the documentation named in each “what moves you there” line is the official note phrase or sibling title itself. Source: CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes; ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a.

Coding context

Guidelines, coding notes, decision aids, relationships (with MS-DRG and CCSR classification), hierarchy, HCC, coverage and the context map: what a coder reaches for after the core. Each section names whether it is official source data, a MedCoder-derived relationship or MedCoder editorial.

Code Overview

Newborn affected by abnormal uterine contractions is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (P03.6).

MedCoder summary Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Verify Before Coding

  • No Medicare Code Editor or MS-DRG Definitions Manual restrictions apply to this code.

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

MedCoder-derived relationships — computed from published CMS and AHRQ datasets

Other codes that name P03.6 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

Referenced by 1 Excludes1 note: P00.7 — Newborn affected by other medical procedures on mother, not elsewhere classified (via P03.-).

These codes’ tabular lists mark this diagnosis as mutually exclusive — not reported together unless the conditions are documented as unrelated.

MS-DRG Grouper Relationships (FY2027)

Potential MS-DRG participation — not a DRG assignment.

FY2027 MS-DRG: not on the CMS CC/MCC list — as a secondary diagnosis this code does not change MS-DRG severity for that release.

Named in the grouper logic of 1 MS-DRG: DRG 794 (MDC 15).

From the CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (Appendices B and C). Actual DRG assignment depends on the complete claim.

Clinical classification (AHRQ CCSR):PNL010 — Newborn affected by maternal conditions or complications of labor/delivery (default).

Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR) for ICD-10-CM Diagnoses. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Related Codes

Same clinical category (CCSR)

AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software groups these diagnoses under the same clinical category (Newborn affected by maternal conditions or complications of labor/delivery).

P02.70 — Newborn affected by fetal inflammatory response syndrome, P02.78 — Newborn affected by other conditions from chorioamnionitis, P02.8 — Newborn affected by other abnormalities of membranes, P02.9 — Newborn affected by abnormality of membranes, unspecified, P03.0 — Newborn affected by breech delivery and extraction, P03.1 — Newborn affected by other malpresentation, malposition and disproportion during labor and delivery, P03.2 — Newborn affected by forceps delivery, P03.3 — Newborn affected by delivery by vacuum extractor [ventouse], P03.4 — Newborn affected by Cesarean delivery, P03.5 — Newborn affected by precipitate delivery, P03.810 — Newborn affected by abnormality in fetal (intrauterine) heart rate or rhythm before the onset of labor, P03.811 — Newborn affected by abnormality in fetal (intrauterine) heart rate or rhythm during labor, P03.819 — Newborn affected by abnormality in fetal (intrauterine) heart rate or rhythm, unspecified as to time of onset, P03.82 — Meconium passage during delivery, P03.89 — Newborn affected by other specified complications of labor and delivery, P03.9 — Newborn affected by complication of labor and delivery, unspecified, P04.0 — Newborn affected by maternal anesthesia and analgesia in pregnancy, labor and delivery, P04.1 — Newborn affected by other maternal medication, P04.11 — Newborn affected by maternal antineoplastic chemotherapy, P04.12 — Newborn affected by maternal cytotoxic drugs, +53 more

Same Index main term, other category

The ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries files this code under the main term “Newborn”; these codes share that main term but sit in a different category of the Tabular List.

P02.29 — Newborn affected by other morphological and functional abnormalities of placenta (affected by, placental, infarction), P02.3 — Newborn affected by placental transfusion syndromes (affected by, placental, transfusion syndromes), P02.4 — Newborn affected by prolapsed cord (affected by, prolapsed cord), P02.5 — Newborn affected by other compression of umbilical cord (affected by, umbilical cordaround neck), P02.60 — Newborn affected by unspecified conditions of umbilical cord (affected by, umbilical cord condition), P02.69 — Newborn affected by other conditions of umbilical cord (affected by, vasa previa), P02.70 — Newborn affected by fetal inflammatory response syndrome (affected by, FIRS), P02.78 — Newborn affected by other conditions from chorioamnionitis (affected by, amnionitis), P02.8 — Newborn affected by other abnormalities of membranes (affected by, membrane abnormalities, specified NEC), P02.9 — Newborn affected by abnormality of membranes, unspecified (affected by, membrane abnormalities), P04.0 — Newborn affected by maternal anesthesia and analgesia in pregnancy, labor and delivery (affected by, maternal, analgesia), P04.11 — Newborn affected by maternal antineoplastic chemotherapy (affected by, chemotherapy agents), P04.12 — Newborn affected by maternal cytotoxic drugs (affected by, maternal, cytotoxic drugs), P04.13 — Newborn affected by maternal use of anticonvulsants (affected by, maternal, anticonvulsants), P04.14 — Newborn affected by maternal use of opiates (affected by, maternal, opiates), P04.15 — Newborn affected by maternal use of antidepressants (affected by, maternal, antidepressants), P04.16 — Newborn affected by maternal use of amphetamines (affected by, maternal, amphetamines), P04.17 — Newborn affected by maternal use of sedative-hypnotics (affected by, maternal, sedative-hypnotics), P04.18 — Newborn affected by other maternal medication (affected by, maternal, medication, specified type NEC), P04.19 — Newborn affected by maternal use of unspecified medication (affected by, medication), +146 more

Contextual Map

Every relationship of P03.6 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

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Hierarchy

Referenced by Excludes1 notes

Clinical classification (CCSR)

MS-DRG Grouper

MDC crossing

Index entries

  • Dystocia, cervical (hypotonic), affecting newborn[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton), affected by, maternal (complication of) (use of), uterine contraction (abnormal)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027
  • Newborn (infant) (liveborn) (singleton), affected by, uterine contractions (abnormal)[Index term]— CMS ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries · icd10cm-fy2027

Nearest codes (15)

Change history (2)

Reference

Index terms and tables, published questions and FAQ, every source behind this page with its release and checksum, the date-of-service check and the complete change history.

Indexed Clinical Terms (3)

Official source data — entries quoted as published, in the Index’s own lookup phrasing

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code. These are alphabetic-index entries shown as the Index writes them — lookup phrasing, not necessarily the wording of a final diagnosis.

Sources for this page

Codes, titles, notes, index terms and mappings on this page are transcribed from the datasets below. Relationships MedCoder computed and text MedCoder wrote are labelled where they appear.

Code, title, tabular notes and index terms Official source data
CMS/CDC ICD-10-CM FY2027 tabular list, index and tables, effective October 1, 2026 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Claim edits Official source data
CMS Definitions of Medicare Code Edits — v44.0 (October 2026) Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Inpatient payment groups Official source data
CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual (incl. Appendix B diagnosis index, Appendix C CC/MCC list, Appendix E procedure index) and IPPS Final Rule tables — v44 Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Change history and date-of-service validity Official source data
CMS ICD-10-CM release addenda, ingested release by release into the change ledger Release, file and checksum · Publisher’s page
Comparisons, relationships and the contextual map MedCoder-derived relationship
Computed by MedCoder from the tabular notes and tables above; every derived relationship is marked as derived where it appears
Summary and FAQ answers MedCoder editorial explanation
Written by MedCoder to explain the sources above: drafted with AI assistance, checked by a person against the release files, and labelled as MedCoder text where it appears. Not official text.

Current data releases:ICD-10-CM FY2027 · ICD-10-PCS FY2027 · HCPCS October 2026 · MS-DRG v44 · Medicare Code Editor v44.0 · NCCI PTP Q4 2026 · MUE Q4 2026 · NCD code lists 2026-01 · LCD export September 20, 2026 · All releases and sources

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Change history

  • FY2017 — October 1, 2016
    Description revised
    Newborn (suspected to be) affected by abnormal uterine contractions → Newborn affected by abnormal uterine contractions
    FY2017 changes
  • FY2016 — October 1, 2015
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Newborn (suspected to be) affected by abnormal uterine contractions

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Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to P03.6 in its code family, with their registry titles.

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