P37
ICD-10Non-billable categoryOther congenital infectious and parasitic diseases
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Other congenital infectious and parasitic diseases
P37 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Excludes2
Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- congenital syphilis (A50.-)
- infectious neonatal diarrhea (A00-A09)
- necrotizing enterocolitis in newborn (P77.-)
- noninfectious neonatal diarrhea (P78.3)
- ophthalmia neonatorum due to gonococcus (A54.31)
- tetanus neonatorum (A33)
More specific codes under P37
- 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 or parasitic disease, unspecified
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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.