Is P13.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. P13.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does P13.9 sit in the tabular list?

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96), in the block Birth trauma (P10-P15).

P13.9

P13.9 — Birth injury to skeleton, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P13.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for birth injury to skeleton, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above P13.9

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of P13.9, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on P13 — Birth injury to skeleton

birth injury to spine (P11.5)

Risk adjustment

P13.9 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How P13.9 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to P13.9.

Injury›skeleton, birth injury
Fracture, traumatic›bone NEC›birth injury
Birth›injury NOS›fracture›bone

Code history

P13.9 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share P13. If P13.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about P13.9

Is P13.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. P13.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does P13.9 sit in the tabular list?: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96), in the block Birth trauma (P10-P15).