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P15.4

P15.4: Birth injury to face

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

P15.4 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for birth injury to face. 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.

  • Facial congestion due to birth injury

Risk adjustment

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

Medicare coverage

P15.4 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Congestion, congestive›facial, due to birth injury
  • Hematoma›face, birth injury
  • Birth›injury NOS›face

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under P15

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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