ICD-10 Code for Birth

The ICD-10-CM 2027 alphabetic index lists birth with the subterms below. More specific codes depend on the details documented, as listed in the official index (36 codes, 36 billable).

Index entries for Birth

complications in mother – see Delivery, complicated
compression during NOS – P15.9
defect – see Anomaly
immature (less than 37 completed weeks) – see Preterm, newborn
- extremely (less than 28 completed weeks) – see Immaturity, extreme
inattention, at or after – see Maltreatment, child, neglect
injury NOS – P15.9
- basal ganglia – P11.1
- brachial plexus NEC – P14.3
- brain (compression) (pressure) – P11.2
- central nervous system NOS – P11.9
- cerebellum – P11.1
- cerebral hemorrhage – P10.1
- external genitalia – P15.5
- eye – P15.3
- face – P15.4
- fracture
  - bone – P13.9
    - specified NEC – P13.8
  - clavicle – P13.4
  - femur – P13.2
  - humerus – P13.3
  - long bone, except femur – P13.3
  - radius and ulna – P13.3
  - skull – P13.0
  - spine – P11.5
  - tibia and fibula – P13.3
- intracranial – P11.2
  - laceration or hemorrhage – P10.9
    - specified NEC – P10.8
- intraventricular hemorrhage – P10.2
- laceration
  - brain – P10.1
  - by scalpel – P15.8
  - peripheral nerve – P14.9
- liver – P15.0
- meninges
  - brain – P11.1
  - spinal cord – P11.5
- nerve
  - brachial plexus – P14.3
  - cranial NEC (except facial) – P11.4
  - facial – P11.3
  - peripheral – P14.9
  - phrenic (paralysis) – P14.2
- paralysis
  - facial nerve – P11.3
  - spinal – P11.5
- penis – P15.5
- rupture
  - spinal cord – P11.5
- scalp – P12.9
- scalpel wound – P15.8
- scrotum – P15.5
- skull NEC – P13.1
  - fracture – P13.0
- specified type NEC – P15.8
- spinal cord – P11.5
- spine – P11.5
- spleen – P15.1
- sternomastoid (hematoma) – P15.2
- subarachnoid hemorrhage – P10.3
- subcutaneous fat necrosis – P15.6
- subdural hemorrhage – P10.0
- tentorial tear – P10.4
- testes – P15.5
- vulva – P15.5
lack of care, at or after – see Maltreatment, child, neglect
neglect, at or after – see Maltreatment, child, neglect
palsy or paralysis, newborn, NOS (birth injury) – P14.9
premature (infant) – see Preterm, newborn
shock, newborn – P96.89
trauma – see Birth, injury
weight
- low (2499 grams or less) – see Low, birthweight
  - extremely (999 grams or less) – see Low, birthweight, extreme
- 4000 grams to 4499 grams – P08.1
- 4500 grams or more – P08.0

How to choose the right code

Start with the main term, then pick the indented subterm that matches the documentation (type, cause, site, laterality, episode of care). Always confirm the code in the tabular list: follow its Excludes1/Excludes2, “code first” and “use additional code” notes, and add a 7th character where required.

Source: CDC/NCHS ICD-10-CM FY2027 alphabetic index.