P36.8
ICD-10BillableOther bacterial sepsis of newborn
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Other bacterial sepsis of newborn
P36.8 is valid for submission on a claim — CMS flags it as a billable, specific code.
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Report an additional code to identify the associated condition.
- code from category B96 to identify organism
Related codes in P36
- P36.0Sepsis of newborn due to streptococcus, group B
- P36.1Sepsis of newborn due to other and unspecified streptococcicategory
- P36.2Sepsis of newborn due to Staphylococcus aureus
- P36.3Sepsis of newborn due to other and unspecified staphylococcicategory
- P36.4Sepsis of newborn due to Escherichia coli
- P36.5Sepsis of newborn due to anaerobes
- P36.9Bacterial sepsis of newborn, unspecified
Where this code sits
- Parent code
- P36
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.