P11.3
P11.3: Birth injury to facial nerve
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
P11.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for birth injury to facial nerve. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check P11.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Facial palsy due to birth injury
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
P11.3 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56503Billing and Coding: Blepharoplasty, Eyelid Surgery, and Brow Lift
- A56722Billing and Coding: Intraoperative Neurophysiological Testing
- A57041Billing and Coding: Somatosensory Testing
- A57597Billing and Coding: Somatosensory Testing
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Bell's›palsy, paralysis›infant or newborn
- Disease, diseased›facial nerve›newborn(birth injury)
- Ganglionitis›geniculate›newborn(birth injury)
- Neuritis›facial›newborn(birth injury)
- Palsy›Bell's›newborn
- Palsy›facial›newborn(birth injury)
- Palsy›seventh nerve›newborn
- Paralysis, paralytic›Bell's›newborn
- Paralysis, paralytic›facial›birth injury
- Paralysis, paralytic›facial›congenital
- Paralysis, paralytic›facial›newborn(birth injury)
- Birth›injury NOS›nerve›facial
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.