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P15 - Other birth injuries
ICD-10-CM Chapter 16: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period · P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15) · Top-level category · FY2027
Coding Guidance
P15 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 9 more specific codes below.
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
IncludesFrom Chapter P00-P96
Conditions this code covers.
- conditions that have their origin in the fetal or perinatal period (before birth through the first 28 days after birth) even if morbidity occurs later
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter P00-P96
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- tetanus neonatorum (A33)
NotesFrom Chapter P00-P96
Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records
More Specific Codes (9)
P15.0Birth injury to liverBillable→P15.1Birth injury to spleenBillable→P15.2Sternomastoid injury due to birth injuryBillable→P15.3Birth injury to eyeBillable→P15.4Birth injury to faceBillable→P15.5Birth injury to external genitaliaBillable→P15.6Subcutaneous fat necrosis due to birth injuryBillable→P15.8Other specified birth injuriesBillable→P15.9Birth injury, unspecifiedBillable→
Chapter Information
Related ICD-10 Codes
More specific codes for P15
Birth injury to liver
P15.0›
Birth injury to spleenP15.1›
Sternomastoid injury due to birth injuryP15.2›
Birth injury to eyeP15.3›
Birth injury to faceP15.4›
Birth injury to external genitaliaP15.5›
Subcutaneous fat necrosis due to birth injuryP15.6›
Other specified birth injuriesP15.8›
Birth injury, unspecifiedP15.9›
Other categories in this chapter
Codes at the same level as P15
- Newborn affected by maternal conditions that may be unrelated to present pregnancyP00
- Newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancyP01
- Newborn affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranesP02
- Newborn affected by other complications of labor and deliveryP03
- Newborn affected by noxious substances transmitted via placenta or breast milkP04
- Disorders of newborn related to slow fetal growth and fetal malnutritionP05
- Disorders of newborn related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classifiedP07
- Disorders of newborn related to long gestation and high birth weightP08
- Abnormal findings on neonatal screeningP09
- Intracranial laceration and hemorrhage due to birth injuryP10
- Other birth injuries to central nervous systemP11
- Birth injury to scalpP12
- Birth injury to skeletonP13
- Birth injury to peripheral nervous systemP14
- Metabolic acidemia in newbornP19
- Respiratory distress of newbornP22
- Congenital pneumoniaP23
- Neonatal aspirationP24
- Interstitial emphysema and related conditions originating in the perinatal periodP25
- Pulmonary hemorrhage originating in the perinatal periodP26
- Chronic respiratory disease originating in the perinatal periodP27
- Other respiratory conditions originating in the perinatal periodP28
- Cardiovascular disorders originating in the perinatal periodP29
- Congenital viral diseasesP35
- Bacterial sepsis of newbornP36
- Other congenital infectious and parasitic diseasesP37
- Omphalitis of newbornP38
- Other infections specific to the perinatal periodP39
- Newborn affected by intrauterine (fetal) blood lossP50
- Umbilical hemorrhage of newbornP51
- Intracranial nontraumatic hemorrhage of newbornP52
- Hemorrhagic disease of newbornP53
- Other neonatal hemorrhagesP54
- Hemolytic disease of newbornP55
- Hydrops fetalis due to hemolytic diseaseP56
- KernicterusP57
- Neonatal jaundice due to other excessive hemolysisP58
- Neonatal jaundice from other and unspecified causesP59
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation of newbornP60
- Other perinatal hematological disordersP61
18 more in this chapter.