P12.2
P12.2: Epicranial subaponeurotic hemorrhage due to birth injury
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
P12.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for epicranial subaponeurotic hemorrhage due to birth injury. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check P12.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Subgaleal hemorrhage
Risk adjustment
P12.2 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 399 Major Head Injury without Loss of Consciousness0.199 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
P12.2 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
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›epicranial subaponeurotic, birth injury(massive)
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›subgaleal
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.