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P91.2 - Neonatal cerebral leukomalacia


The ICD 10 Code for Neonatal cerebral leukomalacia is listed as P91.2.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: P91.2
Description: Neonatal cerebral leukomalacia
  • Periventricular leukomalacia
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
091 - Other Disorders Of Nervous System W Mcc
092 - Other Disorders Of Nervous System W Cc
093 - Other Disorders Of Nervous System W/o Cc/mcc
793 - Full Term Neonate W Major Problems
Chapter Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
Block Other disorders originating in the perinatal period (P90-P96)
Parent P91 - Other disturbances of cerebral status of newborn
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 779.7 - Periventricular leukomalacia (approximate)
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of P91.2:
P91.0 - Neonatal cerebral ischemia
P91.1 - Acquired periventricular cysts of newborn
P91.3 - Neonatal cerebral irritability
P91.4 - Neonatal cerebral depression
P91.5 - Neonatal coma
P91.6 - Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy [HIE]
P91.8 - Other specified disturbances of cerebral status of newborn
P91.9 - Disturbance of cerebral status of newborn, unspecified