P15

Non-Billable

ChapterP00–P96

Rankcategory

Official Description

Other birth injuries

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 16: Certain Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period (P00-P96).

CH16 Parent Instructions

Includes

conditions that have their origin in the fetal or perinatal period (before birth through the first 28 days after birth) even if morbidity occurs later

Excludes2(Not included here)

congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
tetanus neonatorum (A33)

Clinical Hierarchy

CH16Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)

P10-P15Birth trauma (P10-P15)

P15Other birth injuries

P15.0Birth injury to liver

P15.1Birth injury to spleen

P15.2Sternomastoid injury due to birth injury

P15.3Birth injury to eye

P15.4Birth injury to face

P15.5Birth injury to external genitalia

P15.6Subcutaneous fat necrosis due to birth injury

P15.8Other specified birth injuries

P15.9Birth injury, unspecified

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to P15:

chapterCH16

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to P15. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

25 raw paths

Birth16 unique routes

compression during NOS→P15

injury NOS→P15(15 variants)

external genitalia→P15

eye→P15

face→P15

laceration

by scalpel→P15

liver→P15

penis→P15

scalpel wound→P15