ICD-10-CM · Chapter 16 · P00–P96
P12.0
Cephalhematoma due to birth injury
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Quick facts
- Code
- P12.0
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 16 — Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
- Category
- P12 — Birth injury to scalp
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM P12.0 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of cephalhematoma 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 P12
- P12Birth injury to scalp
- P12.1Chignon (from vacuum extraction) due to birth injury
- P12.2Epicranial subaponeurotic hemorrhage due to birth injury
- P12.3Bruising of scalp due to birth injury
- P12.4Injury of scalp of newborn due to monitoring equipment
- P12.8Other birth injuries to scalp
- P12.81Caput succedaneum
- P12.89Other birth injuries to scalp
- P12.9Birth injury to scalp, unspecified
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