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Category · FY2027

P12 Birth injury to scalp

  • Header · not billable

P12 is not billable. The category heads 8 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 7 subdivisions.

Index → code

  • Caputsuccedaneum → P12.81
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed)subgaleal → P12.2
  • Bruise (skin surface intact)scalp, due to birth injury, newborn → P12.3

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 16 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
  2. P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
  3. P12 Birth injury to scalp
Billable codes
8
Subdivisions
7
CC / MCC codes
1 / 0
HCC V28 codes
1
New FY2027
0
Index entries
12

Codes in P12

  1. P12.0
    Cephalhematoma due to birth injury
    Billable
  2. P12.1
    Chignon (from vacuum extraction) due to birth injury
    Billable
  3. P12.2
    Epicranial subaponeurotic hemorrhage due to birth injury
    BillableCC399
    Inclusion terms 1

    Inclusion terms

    • Subgaleal hemorrhage
  4. P12.3
    Bruising of scalp due to birth injury
    Billable
  5. P12.4
    Injury of scalp of newborn due to monitoring equipment
    Billable
    Inclusion terms 2

    Inclusion terms

    • Sampling incision of scalp of newborn
    • Scalp clip (electrode) injury of newborn
  6. P12.8
    Other birth injuries to scalp
    Header
  7. P12.81
    Caput succedaneum
    Billable
  8. P12.89
    Other birth injuries to scalp
    Billable
  9. P12.9
    Birth injury to scalp, unspecified
    Billable

CC/MCC: as a secondary diagnosis, unless the principal diagnosis is on the code’s PDX exclusion list (MS-DRG v44 Appendix C; list on the code card).

Sources of each column.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

Chapter 16 instructions (Notes 1, Includes 1, Excludes2 5): printed on the chapter 16 page.

Index entries

  • Cephalematoma, cephalhematoma (calcified)newborn (birth injury) → P12.0
  • Chignon (disease)newborn (from vacuum extraction) (birth injury) → P12.1
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed)epicranial subaponeurotic (massive), birth injury → P12.2
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed)subgaleal → P12.2
  • Bruise (skin surface intact)scalp, due to birth injury, newborn → P12.3
  • Caputsuccedaneum → P12.81
  • Contusion (skin surface intact)scalpdue to birth injury → P12.3
  • Birthinjury NOSscalp → P12.9
  • Injuryscalpnewborn (birth injury) → P12.9
  • Injuryscalpnewborn (birth injury)due to monitoring (electrode) (sampling incision) → P12.4
  • Injuryscalpnewborn (birth injury)specified NEC → P12.89
  • Injuryscalpnewborn (birth injury)specified NECcaput succedaneum → P12.81

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