Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

P12 Birth injury to scalp

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Codes under this one

  • P12.0 Cephalhematoma due to birth injury
  • P12.1 Chignon (from vacuum extraction) due to birth injury
  • P12.2 Epicranial subaponeurotic hemorrhage due to birth injury
  • P12.3 Bruising of scalp due to birth injury
  • P12.4 Injury of scalp of newborn due to monitoring equipment
  • P12.8 Other birth injuries to scalpHeader
  • P12.9 Birth injury to scalp, unspecified

Instructional notes

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Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • 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)
Includes
  • 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
Notes
  • Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records

Chapter 16: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period · P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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