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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.

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Inclusion 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.

Other codes under P12

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.