ICD-10-CM · Chapter 16 · P00–P96
P10.9
Unspecified intracranial laceration and hemorrhage due to birth injury
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Quick facts
- Code
- P10.9
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 16 — Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
- Category
- P10 — Intracranial laceration and hemorrhage due to birth injury
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM P10.9 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of unspecified intracranial laceration and hemorrhage due to birth injury. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in P10
- P10Intracranial laceration and hemorrhage due to birth injury
- P10.0Subdural hemorrhage due to birth injury
- P10.1Cerebral hemorrhage due to birth injury
- P10.2Intraventricular hemorrhage due to birth injury
- P10.3Subarachnoid hemorrhage due to birth injury
- P10.4Tentorial tear due to birth injury
- P10.8Other intracranial lacerations and hemorrhages due to birth injury
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