Stillbirth
In Other disorders originating in the perinatal period (P90-P96), chapter 16: Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period
- P95 is billable and valid on claims for FY 2027. If the record has more detail, check the other codes under P90-P96 below.
- As a secondary diagnosis it is not a CC or MCC, so it doesn't raise the MS-DRG payment.
- Doesn't count toward a Medicare Advantage risk score (no HCC in V28).
- AHRQ's Chronic Condition Indicator classes it as not chronic (an acute or short-term condition).
Also indexed as: Stillbirth
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Instructional notes
Official coding guidelines
From the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2027 (CMS and NCHS). Links open the PDF at the right page.
- Section I.C.16.g Stillbirth (page 74), covers P95
Use P95 only in institutions that keep separate stillbirth records, with no other codes alongside it, and never on the mother's record.
Other Chapter 16 topics:
- General Perinatal Rules (page 71)
- Observation and Evaluation of Newborns for Suspected Conditions not Found (page 73)
- Coding Additional Perinatal Diagnoses (page 73)
- Prematurity and Fetal Growth Retardation (page 73)
- Low birth weight and immaturity status (page 74)
- Bacterial Sepsis of Newborn (page 74)
- COVID-19 Infection in Newborn (page 74)
Other codes under P90-P96
Other disorders originating in the perinatal period (P90-P96)
P95 MS-DRG
As the principal diagnosis, P95 groups to MS-DRG 794 (v44.0).
Related conditions
Grouped by AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software Refined (CCSR), which sorts every diagnosis code into clinically meaningful categories.
P95 is in Other specified and unspecified perinatal conditions (PNL013, its default category), with 89 codes. Others in it:
- P08.0 Exceptionally large newborn baby
- P08.1 Other heavy for gestational age newborn
- P08.21 Post-term newborn
- P08.22 Prolonged gestation of newborn
- P09.1 Abnormal findings on neonatal screening for inborn errors of metabolism
- P09.2 Abnormal findings on neonatal screening for congenital endocrine disease
- P09.3 Abnormal findings on neonatal screening for congenital hematologic disorders
- P09.4 Abnormal findings on neonatal screening for cystic fibrosis
Other codes that refer to P95
Notes on these codes point to P95.
About the condition
Plain-language background from MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine), not coding guidance.
Stillbirth
If you lose a fetus at or after the 20th week of pregnancy, it's called a stillbirth. A stillbirth can occur before or during delivery and may be considered as:
Read more about stillbirth on MedlinePlusCode history
Valid since FY2016, when ICD-10-CM took effect on October 1, 2015. No changes since.
ICD-9-CM equivalent
Legacy crosswalk from the CMS General Equivalence Mappings (last updated 2018).
- 779.9 Unspecified condition originating in the perinatal period (approximate)