P15
Other birth injuries
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
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
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Subordinate codes 9
P15.0 Birth injury to liver P15.1 Birth injury to spleen P15.2 Sternomastoid injury due to birth injury P15.3 Birth injury to eye P15.4 Birth injury to face P15.5 Birth injury to external genitalia P15.6 Subcutaneous fat necrosis due to birth injury P15.8 Other specified birth injuries P15.9 Birth injury, unspecified
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