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ICD-10/P96.81

P96.81 ICD-10-CM Code: Exposure to (parental) (environmental) tobacco smoke in the perinatal period

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

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0 (FY2026), 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.

Code Set: Valid FY2026 and FY2027. FY2026 took effect October 1, 2025.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Exposure to (parental) (environmental) tobacco smoke in the perinatal period is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (P96.81).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for P96.81 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

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

  • newborn affected by in utero exposure to tobacco (P04.2)
  • exposure to environmental tobacco smoke after the perinatal period (Z77.22)

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to P96.81 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • P96.0 — Congenital renal failure
  • P96.1 — Neonatal withdrawal symptoms from maternal use of drugs of addiction
  • P96.2 — Withdrawal symptoms from therapeutic use of drugs in newborn
  • P96.3 — Wide cranial sutures of newborn
  • P96.5 — Complication to newborn due to (fetal) intrauterine procedure
  • P96.8 — Other specified conditions originating in the perinatal period
  • P96.82 — Delayed separation of umbilical cord
  • P96.83 — Meconium staining
  • P96.89 — Other specified conditions originating in the perinatal period
  • P96.9 — Condition originating in the perinatal period, unspecified

View all codes in the P96 family

Indexed Clinical Terms (2)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Exposure (to), second hand tobacco smoke (acute) (chronic), in the perinatal period
  • Second hand tobacco smoke exposure (acute) (chronic), in the perinatal period