Is P78.84 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. P78.84 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does P78.84 sit in the tabular list?

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96), in the block Digestive system disorders of newborn (P76-P78).

What cannot be coded together with P78.84?

P78.84 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

P78.84

P78.84 — Gestational alloimmune liver disease

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

P78.84 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for gestational alloimmune liver disease. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

hemochromatosis (E83.11-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

GALD
Neonatal hemochromatosis

Other codes that can never be billed with P78.84

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at P78.84. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading P78.84 alone.

E83.11Hemochromatosis

Risk adjustment

P78.84 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How P78.84 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to P78.84.

GALD(gestational alloimmune liver disease)
Hemochromatosis›neonatal
Disease, diseased›liver›gestational alloimmune(GALD)

Related codes at this level

Codes that share P78.8. If P78.84 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about P78.84

Is P78.84 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. P78.84 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does P78.84 sit in the tabular list?: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96), in the block Digestive system disorders of newborn (P76-P78).
What cannot be coded together with P78.84?: P78.84 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.