ICD-10-CM Code P12
Birth injury to scalp
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code P12 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of P12 that describes the diagnosis 'birth injury to scalp' in more detail.
- P12 Birth injury to scalp NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE P12.0 Cephalhematoma due to birth injury
- BILLABLE P12.1 Chignon (from vacuum extraction) due to birth injury
- BILLABLE P12.2 Epicranial subaponeurotic hemorrhage due to birth injury
- BILLABLE P12.3 Bruising of scalp due to birth injury
- BILLABLE P12.4 Injury of scalp of newborn due to monitoring equipment
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- P12.81 Caput succedaneum BILLABLE
- P12.89 Other birth injuries to scalp BILLABLE
- BILLABLE P12.9 Birth injury to scalp, unspecified
The ICD code P12 is used to code Birth trauma (physical)
Birth trauma (BT) refers to damage of the tissues and organs of a newly delivered child, often as a result of physical pressure or trauma during childbirth. The term also encompasses the long term consequences, often of a cognitive nature, of damage to the brain or cranium. Medical study of birth trauma dates to the 16th century, and the morphological consequences of mishandled delivery are described in Renaissance-era medical literature. Birth injury occupies a unique area of concern and study in the medical canon. In ICD-10 "birth trauma" occupied 49 individual codes (P10-Р15).
Specialty: | Pediatrics |
ICD 9 Code: | 767 |
Position of the child is important for normal birthing procedure, head-first birth is preferred.
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'P12 - Birth injury to scalp'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code P12. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.