The block P35–P39 of ICD-10 is titled “Infections specific to the perinatal period”. It is part of Chapter XVI, Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period, and holds 5 groups.
What P35–P39 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- infections acquired in utero or during birth
What P35–P39 excludes
Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.
- asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection status Z21
- human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease B20-B24
- intestinal infectious diseases A00-A09
- laboratory evidence of human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] R75
- maternal infectious disease as a cause of mortality or morbidity in fetus or newborn not itself manifesting the disease P00.2
- tetanus neonatorum A33
- whooping cough A37.-
Codes in P35–P39
- P36.0Sepsis of newborn due to streptococcus, group B
- P36.1Sepsis of newborn due to other and unspecified streptococci
- P36.2Sepsis of newborn due to Staphylococcus aureus
- P36.3Sepsis of newborn due to other and unspecified staphylococci
- P36.4Sepsis of newborn due to Escherichia coli
- P36.5Sepsis of newborn due to anaerobes
- P36.8Other bacterial sepsis of newborn
- P36.9Bacterial sepsis of newborn, unspecified
- P37.0Congenital tuberculosis
- P37.1Congenital toxoplasmosis
- P37.2Neonatal (disseminated) listeriosis
- P37.3Congenital falciparum malaria
- P37.4Other congenital malaria
- P37.5Neonatal candidiasis
- P37.8Other specified congenital infectious and parasitic diseases
- P37.9Congenital infectious and parasitic disease, unspecified
- P39.0Neonatal infective mastitis
- P39.1Neonatal conjunctivitis and dacryocystitis
- P39.2Intra-amniotic infection of fetus, not elsewhere classified
- P39.3Neonatal urinary tract infection
- P39.4Neonatal skin infection
- P39.8Other specified infections specific to the perinatal period
- P39.9Infection specific to the perinatal period, unspecified
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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