Newborn jaundice

Pregnancy, birth, and newborn, Children and teens. Also called: Neonatal jaundice.

How common is Newborn jaundice in the US?

Share of US birth hospitalizations with neonatal hyperbilirubinemia coded as a condition, 2019: 15.2% (US birth (in-hospital, liveborn) hospitalizations, 2019 (Kids' Inpatient Database); United States (nationally representative administrative database of pediatric discharges), 2019). Source: Hospital Pediatrics, 2023. Label: REPORTED.

• 15.2% Share of US birth hospitalizations with neonatal hyperbilirubinemia coded as a condition, 2019. Out of: US birth (in-hospital, liveborn) hospitalizations, 2019 (Kids' Inpatient Database). Where: United States (nationally representative administrative database of pediatric discharges). When: 2019. Label: REPORTED.

  Prevalent conditions associated with birth admissions included specified conditions originating in the perinatal period (eg, pregnancy complications, complex births) (n = 1 021 099; 28.8%), neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (n = 540 112; 15.2%), screening or risk for infectious disease (n = 417 421; 11.8%), and preterm newborn (n = 314 288; 8.9%).

  Source: Characterization of Birth Hospitalizations in the United States Hospital Pediatrics, 2023. PubMed 37013702. DOI 10.1542/hpeds.2022-006931.

Each figure measures something different. Do not compare them with each other or with other conditions.

Medical codes

• ICD-10-CM FY2026: P59.9 Neonatal jaundice, unspecified (narrower). Other codes in this category also apply.

Research activity

As of 2026-09-24: 148 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov (search Neonatal Jaundice) and 1,071 PubMed records, 2021 to 2025. A count of records is not how common or serious the condition is.

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