P12
Header — not billableBirth injury to scalp
The ICD-10 code for birth injury to scalp is P12.
P12 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 7 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under P12
- 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 scalpnon-billable header
- P12.9Birth injury to scalp, unspecified
Related codes in this category
- P10Intracranial laceration and hemorrhage due to birth injurynon-billable header
- P11Other birth injuries to central nervous systemnon-billable header
- P13Birth injury to skeletonnon-billable header
- P14Birth injury to peripheral nervous systemnon-billable header
- P15Other birth injuriesnon-billable header
- P12Birth injury to scalpnon-billable header