2021 ICD-10-CM Code P11.9
Birth injury to central nervous system, unspecified
Valid for Submission
P11.9 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of birth injury to central nervous system, unspecified. The code P11.9 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The ICD-10-CM code P11.9 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like injury of central nervous system due to birth trauma, injury of neonatal central nervous system due to birth trauma or injury of nerve of neonate due to birth trauma.
Unspecified diagnosis codes like P11.9 are acceptable when clinical information is unknown or not available about a particular condition. Although a more specific code is preferable, unspecified codes should be used when such codes most accurately reflect what is known about a patient's condition. Specific diagnosis codes should not be used if not supported by the patient's medical record.
| ICD-10: | P11.9 |
| Short Description: | Birth injury to central nervous system, unspecified |
| Long Description: | Birth injury to central nervous system, unspecified |
Code Classification
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code P11.9 are found in the index:
- - Birth
- - injury NOS - P15.9
- - central nervous system NOS - P11.9
- - injury NOS - P15.9
- - Hemiplegia - G81.9
- - newborn NEC - P91.88
- - birth injury - P11.9
- - newborn NEC - P91.88
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Injury of central nervous system due to birth trauma
- Injury of neonatal central nervous system due to birth trauma
- Injury of nerve of neonate due to birth trauma
Convert P11.9 to ICD-9 Code
The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code P11.9 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
- 767.0 - Cerebral hem at birth (Approximate Flag)
Information for Patients
Childbirth Problems
While childbirth usually goes well, complications can happen. They can cause a risk to the mother, baby, or both. Possible complications include
- Preterm (premature) labor, when labor starts before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy
- Problems with the umbilical cord
- Problems with the position of the baby, such as breech, in which the baby is going to come out feet first
- Birth injuries
For some of these problems, the baby may need to be delivered surgically by a Cesarean section.
- Assisted delivery with forceps (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Brachial plexus injury in newborns (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Breech birth (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Caput succedaneum (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Meconium aspiration syndrome (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Premature rupture of membranes (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Code History
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)