P13
Header — not billableBirth injury to skeleton
The ICD-10 code for birth injury to skeleton is P13.
P13 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.
Clinical notes
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- birth injury to spine (P11.5)
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.
Related codes in this category
- P10Intracranial laceration and hemorrhage due to birth injurynon-billable header
- P11Other birth injuries to central nervous systemnon-billable header
- P12Birth injury to scalpnon-billable header
- P14Birth injury to peripheral nervous systemnon-billable header
- P15Other birth injuriesnon-billable header
- P13Birth injury to skeletonnon-billable header