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P12.4

Injury of scalp of newborn due to monitoring equipment

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 5 never code together
P00-P96chapter
Excludes2
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
  • tetanus neonatorum (A33)A33

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 4
P12.4code
Inclusion terms
  • Sampling incision of scalp of newborn
  • Scalp clip (electrode) injury of newborn
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 1
  • Injury T14.90
    • scalp S09.90
      • newborn (birth injury) P12.9
        • due to monitoring (electrode) (sampling incision) P12.4
Alongside this code 6 same parent — P12
P12.0 Cephalhematoma due to birth injury P12.1 Chignon (from vacuum extraction) due to birth injury P12.2 Epicranial subaponeurotic hemorrhage due to birth injury P12.3 Bruising of scalp due to birth injury P12.8 Other birth injuries to scalp category P12.9 Birth injury to scalp, unspecified
Additional references
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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
P12
Block
P10-P15
Siblings
6

Present FY2024–FY2027.