P12.4
P12.4: Injury of scalp of newborn due to monitoring equipment
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
P12.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for injury of scalp of newborn due to monitoring equipment. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check P12.4 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Sampling incision of scalp of newborn
- Scalp clip (electrode) injury of newborn
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Injury›scalp›newborn›due to monitoring(electrode) (sampling incision)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.