P11.9
P11.9: Birth injury to central nervous system, unspecified
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
P11.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for birth injury to central nervous system, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check P11.9 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
P11.9 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Birth›injury NOS›central nervous system NOS
- Hemiplegia›newborn NEC›birth injury
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.