P15
Header — not billableOther birth injuries
The ICD-10 code for other birth injuries is P15.
P15 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 9 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under P15
- P15.0Birth injury to liver
- P15.1Birth injury to spleen
- P15.2Sternomastoid injury due to birth injury
- P15.3Birth injury to eye
- P15.4Birth injury to face
- P15.5Birth injury to external genitalia
- P15.6Subcutaneous fat necrosis due to birth injury
- P15.8Other specified birth injuries
- P15.9Birth injury, unspecified
Related codes in this category
- P10Intracranial laceration and hemorrhage due to birth injurynon-billable header
- P11Other birth injuries to central nervous systemnon-billable header
- P12Birth injury to scalpnon-billable header
- P13Birth injury to skeletonnon-billable header
- P14Birth injury to peripheral nervous systemnon-billable header
- P15Other birth injuriesnon-billable header