ICD-10-CM Code P14
Birth injury to peripheral nervous system
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 P14 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the six child codes of P14 that describes the diagnosis 'birth injury to peripheral nervous system' in more detail.
- P14 Birth injury to peripheral nervous system NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE P14.0 Erb's paralysis due to birth injury
- BILLABLE P14.1 Klumpke's paralysis due to birth injury
- BILLABLE P14.2 Phrenic nerve paralysis due to birth injury
- BILLABLE P14.3 Other brachial plexus birth injuries
- BILLABLE P14.8 Birth injuries to other parts of peripheral nervous system
- BILLABLE P14.9 Birth injury to peripheral nervous system, unspecified
The ICD code P14 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 'P14 - Birth injury to peripheral nervous system'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code P14. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.