P11.9
Birth injury to central nervous system, unspecified
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 6 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 5 never code together
P00-P96chapter
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 2
P00-P96chapter
Notes
- Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records
Includes
- conditions that have their origin in the fetal or perinatal period (before birth through the first 28 days after birth) even if morbidity occurs later
Index entries leading here 2
Alongside this code 6 same parent — P11
Medications 5
693 Central Nervous System Diseases drugs 80 Central Nervous System Infections drugs 55 Central Nervous System Neoplasms drugs 6 Vasculitis, Central Nervous System drugs 1 Central Nervous System Helminthiasis drugs
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.