ICD-10-CM · Chapter 16 · P00–P96
P12.81
Caput succedaneum
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Quick facts
- Code
- P12.81
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 16 — Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
- Category
- P12 — Birth injury to scalp
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM P12.81 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of caput succedaneum. 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
- P12.0Cephalhematoma due to birth injury
- 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
- P12.89Other birth injuries to scalp
- P12.9Birth injury to scalp, unspecified
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