Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia

serum bilirubin greater than 12.9 mg/dL (220 &micro;mol/L) or rising at a rate greater than 5 mg/dL per day; also applied to a non-physiologic pattern of hyperbilirubinemia, i.e., jaundice in the first 24 hours of life or extending beyond the first week of life in term infants