ICD-10-CM · Chapter 16 · P00–P96
P13.9
Birth injury to skeleton, unspecified
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Quick facts
- Code
- P13.9
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 16 — Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
- Category
- P13 — Birth injury to skeleton
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM P13.9 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of birth injury to skeleton, unspecified. 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 P13
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