ICD-10 Code for Jaundice

The default ICD-10-CM 2027 code for jaundice (yellow) is R17 – Unspecified jaundice. More specific codes depend on the details documented, as listed in the official index (36 codes, 36 billable).

Main code: R17 – Unspecified jaundice
Billable: Yes

Index entries for Jaundice

acholuric (familial) (splenomegalic) – see also Spherocytosis
- acquired – D59.8
breast-milk (inhibitor) – P59.3
catarrhal (acute) – B15.9
- with hepatic coma – B15.0
cholestatic (benign) – R17
due to or associated with
- delayed conjugation – P59.8
  - associated with (due to) – P59.0
- preterm delivery – P59.0
epidemic (catarrhal) – B15.9
- with hepatic coma – B15.0
- leptospiral – A27.0
- spirochetal – A27.0
familial nonhemolytic (congenital) (Gilbert) – E80.4
- Crigler-Najjar – E80.5
febrile (acute) – B15.9
- with hepatic coma – B15.0
- leptospiral – A27.0
- spirochetal – A27.0
hematogenous – D59.9
hemolytic (acquired) – D59.9
- congenital – see Spherocytosis
hemorrhagic (acute) (leptospiral) (spirochetal) – A27.0
infectious (acute) (subacute) – B15.9
- with hepatic coma – B15.0
- leptospiral – A27.0
- spirochetal – A27.0
leptospiral (hemorrhagic) – A27.0
malignant (without coma) – K72.90
- with coma – K72.91
newborn – P59.9
- due to or associated with
  - ABO
    - antibodies – P55.1
    - incompatibility, maternal/fetal – P55.1
    - isoimmunization – P55.1
  - absence or deficiency of enzyme system for bilirubin conjugation (congenital) – P59.8
  - bleeding – P58.1
  - breast milk inhibitors to conjugation – P59.3
    - associated with preterm delivery – P59.0
  - bruising – P58.0
  - Crigler-Najjar syndrome – E80.5
  - delayed conjugation – P59.8
    - associated with preterm delivery – P59.0
  - drugs or toxins
    - given to newborn – P58.42
    - transmitted from mother – P58.41
  - excessive hemolysis – P58.9
    - due to
      - bleeding – P58.1
      - bruising – P58.0
      - drugs or toxins
        given to newborn – P58.42
        transmitted from mother – P58.41
      - infection – P58.2
      - polycythemia – P58.3
      - swallowed maternal blood – P58.5
    - specified type NEC – P58.8
  - galactosemia – E74.21
  - Gilbert syndrome – E80.4
  - hemolytic disease – P55.9
    - ABO isoimmunization – P55.1
    - Rh isoimmunization – P55.0
    - specified NEC – P55.8
  - hepatocellular damage – P59.20
    - specified NEC – P59.29
  - hereditary hemolytic anemia – P58.8
  - hypothyroidism, congenital – E03.1
  - incompatibility, maternal/fetal NOS – P55.9
  - infection – P58.2
  - inspissated bile syndrome – P59.1
  - isoimmunization NOS – P55.9
  - mucoviscidosis – E84.9
  - polycythemia – P58.3
  - preterm delivery – P59.0
  - Rh
    - antibodies – P55.0
    - incompatibility, maternal/fetal – P55.0
    - isoimmunization – P55.0
  - specified cause NEC – P59.8
  - swallowed maternal blood – P58.5
- spherocytosis (congenital) – D58.0
neonatal – see Jaundice, newborn
nonhemolytic congenital familial (Gilbert) – E80.4
nuclear, newborn – P57.9 – see also Kernicterus of newborn
obstructive – K83.1 – see also Obstruction, bile duct
post-immunization – see Hepatitis, viral, type, B
post-transfusion – see Hepatitis, viral, type, B
regurgitation – K83.1 – see also Obstruction, bile duct
serum (homologous) (prophylactic) (therapeutic) – see Hepatitis, viral, type, B
spirochetal (hemorrhagic) – A27.0
symptomatic – R17
- newborn – P59.9

How to choose the right code

Start with the main term, then pick the indented subterm that matches the documentation (type, cause, site, laterality, episode of care). Always confirm the code in the tabular list: follow its Excludes1/Excludes2, “code first” and “use additional code” notes, and add a 7th character where required.

Source: CDC/NCHS ICD-10-CM FY2027 alphabetic index.