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P13.0

P13.0: Fracture of skull due to birth injury

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P13.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for fracture of skull due to birth injury. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above P13.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on P13: Birth injury to skeleton

  • birth injury to spine (P11.5)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

P13.0 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Fracture, traumatic›skull›birth injury
  • Birth›injury NOS›fracture›skull
  • Birth›injury NOS›skull NEC›fracture

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P13

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.