P12
P12: Birth injury to scalp
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
P12 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for birth injury to scalp. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with P12
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- P13.1Other birth injuries to skull
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead P12
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- P12.0Cephalhematoma due to birth injury
- P12.1Chignon (from vacuum extraction) due to birth injury
- P12.2Epicranial subaponeurotic hemorrhage due to birth injury
- P12.3Bruising of scalp due to birth injury
- P12.4Injury of scalp of newborn due to monitoring equipment
- P12.8Other birth injuries to scalp
- P12.9Birth injury to scalp, unspecified