2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P92.6: Failure to thrive in newborn

2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P92.6

Failure to thrive in newborn

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Billable/Specific Code Code on Newborn Record
  • P92.6 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2024 edition of ICD-10-CM P92.6 became effective on October 1, 2023.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of P92.6 - other international versions of ICD-10 P92.6 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Coding Rules
  • P92.6 should be used on the newborn record - not on the maternal record.
Type 1 Excludes
Type 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as P92.6. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
  • failure to thrive in child over 28 days old (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R62.51

    Failure to thrive (child)

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Billable/Specific Code Pediatric Dx (0-17 years)
    Applicable To
    • Failure to gain weight
    Type 1 Excludes
    • failure to thrive in child under 28 days old (P92.6)
    R62.51
    )
The following code(s) above P92.6 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to P92.6:
  • P00-P96
    2024 ICD-10-CM Range P00-P96

    Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

    Includes
    • conditions that have their origin in the fetal or perinatal period (before birth through the first 28 days after birth) even if morbidity occurs later
    Note
    • Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records
    Type 2 Excludes
    • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
    • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • neoplasms (C00-D49)
    • tetanus neonatorum (A33)
    Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  • P92
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P92

    Feeding problems of newborn

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    Type 2 Excludes
    • feeding problems in child over 28 days old (R63.3-)
    Feeding problems of newborn
ICD-10-CM P92.6 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v41.0):
  • 640 Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes with mcc
  • 641 Miscellaneous disorders of nutrition, metabolism, fluids and electrolytes without mcc

Convert P92.6 to ICD-9-CM

Code History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
  • 2024 (effective 10/1/2023): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to P92.6:
  • Type 1 Excludes: R62.51
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R62.51

    Failure to thrive (child)

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Billable/Specific Code Pediatric Dx (0-17 years)
    Applicable To
    • Failure to gain weight
    Type 1 Excludes
    • failure to thrive in child under 28 days old (P92.6)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to P92.6:
  • Failure, failed
    • gain weight (child over 28 days old) R62.51
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R62.51

      Failure to thrive (child)

        2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Billable/Specific Code Pediatric Dx (0-17 years)
      Applicable To
      • Failure to gain weight
      Type 1 Excludes
      • failure to thrive in child under 28 days old (P92.6)
      • newborn P92.6
    • to thrive (child over 28 days old) R62.51
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R62.51

      Failure to thrive (child)

        2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Billable/Specific Code Pediatric Dx (0-17 years)
      Applicable To
      • Failure to gain weight
      Type 1 Excludes
      • failure to thrive in child under 28 days old (P92.6)
      • newborn P92.6
  • Lack of
    • development (physiological) R62.50
      ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R62.50

      Unspecified lack of expected normal physiological development in childhood

        2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Billable/Specific Code
      Applicable To
      • Infantilism NOS
      • failure to thrive (child over 28 days old) R62.51
        ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R62.51

        Failure to thrive (child)

          2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Billable/Specific Code Pediatric Dx (0-17 years)
        Applicable To
        • Failure to gain weight
        Type 1 Excludes
        • failure to thrive in child under 28 days old (P92.6)
        • newborn P92.6

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To P92.6
P91.9 Disturbance of cerebral status of newborn, unspecified
P92 Feeding problems of newborn
P92.0 Vomiting of newborn
P92.01 Bilious vomiting of newborn
P92.09 Other vomiting of newborn
P92.1 Regurgitation and rumination of newborn
P92.2 Slow feeding of newborn
P92.3 Underfeeding of newborn
P92.4 Overfeeding of newborn
P92.5 Neonatal difficulty in feeding at breast
P92.6 Failure to thrive in newborn
P92.8 Other feeding problems of newborn
P92.9 Feeding problem of newborn, unspecified
P93 Reactions and intoxications due to drugs administered to newborn
P93.0 Grey baby syndrome
P93.8 Other reactions and intoxications due to drugs administered to newborn
P94 Disorders of muscle tone of newborn
P94.0 Transient neonatal myasthenia gravis
P94.1 Congenital hypertonia
P94.2 Congenital hypotonia
P94.8 Other disorders of muscle tone of newborn

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.