V21.32 LOW BIRTHWT 500-999G


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: V21.32

Short Description: Low birthwt 500-999g

Long Description: Low birth weight status, 500-999 grams

Code Classification:

  • Supplementary classification of factors influencing health status and contact with health services (E)
    • Persons encountering health services in circumstances related to reproduction and development (V20-V29)
      • V21 Constitutional states in development
        • V21.32 Low birthwt 500-999g

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code V21.32 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Status (post)
    • low birth weight V21.30
      • 500-999 grams V21.32

Crosswalk Information

The code V21.32 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
V21.32 Right Arrow P07.02 Extremely low birth weight newborn, 500-749 grams
P07.03 Extremely low birth weight newborn, 750-999 grams
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
V21.0 Period of rapid growth in childhood
V21.1 Puberty
V21.2 Other development of adolescence
V21.30 Low birth weight status, unspecified
V21.31 Low birth weight status, less than 500 grams
V21.33 Low birth weight status, 1000-1499 grams
V21.34 Low birth weight status, 1500-1999 grams
V21.35 Low birth weight status, 2000-2500 grams
V21.8 Other specified constitutional states in development
V21.9 Unspecified constitutional state in development


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014