2026 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P11.3Birth injury to facial nerve

ICD-10-CM Codes›P00–P96›P10-P15›P11

ICD-10-CM P11.3
CMSSource: CMS FY 2026 ICD-10-CM dataset · Effective Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026

P11.3 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for birth injury to facial nerve. It is valid on HIPAA claims for fiscal year 2026 (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026). In AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software (CCSR), this diagnosis falls under Birth trauma.

Code Identity

ICD-10-CM Code
P11.3
Billable Status
Yes — Valid for Submission
Code Describes
Birth injury to facial nerve
Short Description
Birth injury to facial nerve
Same as the full description in the CMS dataset.
Parent Code
P11
Other birth injuries to central nervous system

Code Classification

ChapterP00–P96Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
SectionP10-P15Birth trauma
CategoryP11Other birth injuries to central nervous system
This CodeP11.3Birth injury to facial nerve

Approximate SynonymsGuidance

Alternate terms and clinical phrases that map to this code.

  • Bell's palsy
  • Bells palsy of left side of face
  • Bells palsy of right side of face
  • Cranial nerve injury due to birth trauma
  • Disorder of left facial nerve
  • Disorder of right facial nerve
  • Facial nerve disorder
  • Facial nerve injury as birth trauma
  • Facial palsy
  • Facial palsy as birth trauma
  • Injury of facial nerve
  • Paralysis from birth trauma

Tabular List NotesGuidance

Coding notes and annotation back-references applicable to this code.

Inclusion Terms

  • Facial palsy due to birth injury

Index to Diseases and InjuriesGuidance

Alphabetical index entries that point to this code.

External Cause of Injuries IndexGuidance

References for this code in the External Cause of Injuries Index.

    • Bell's
      • palsy, paralysis
        • infant or newborn
    • Birth
      • injury NOS
        • nerve
          • facial
    • Birth
      • injury NOS
        • paralysis
          • facial nerve
    • Disease, diseased
      • facial nerve (seventh)
        • newborn (birth injury)
    • Ganglionitis
      • geniculate
        • newborn (birth injury)
    • Injury
      • nerve NEC
        • facial
          • newborn
    • Neuritis(rheumatoid)
      • cranial nerve
        • seventh or facial
          • newborn (birth injury)
    • Neuritis(rheumatoid)
      • facial
        • newborn (birth injury)
    • Palsy
      • Bell's
        • newborn
    • Palsy
      • facial
        • newborn (birth injury)
    • Palsy
      • seventh nerve
        • newborn
    • Paralysis, paralytic(complete) (incomplete)
      • Bell's
        • newborn
    • Paralysis, paralytic(complete) (incomplete)
      • facial (nerve)
        • birth injury
    • Paralysis, paralytic(complete) (incomplete)
      • facial (nerve)
        • congenital
    • Paralysis, paralytic(complete) (incomplete)
      • facial (nerve)
        • newborn (birth injury)
    • Paralysis, paralytic(complete) (incomplete)
      • nerve
        • facial
          • birth injury
    • Paralysis, paralytic(complete) (incomplete)
      • nerve
        • facial
          • congenital
    • Paralysis, paralytic(complete) (incomplete)
      • nerve
        • facial
          • newborn (birth injury)
    • Paralysis, paralytic(complete) (incomplete)
      • nerve
        • seventh or facial
          • newborn (birth injury)

Clinical ClassificationClinical

AHRQ’s CCSR groups this code into broader clinical categories.

CCSR PNL008
Birth trauma
Default principal diagnosis: inpatient Yes · outpatient Yes

Patient EducationClinical

Childbirth Problems

Childbirth is the process of giving birth to a baby. It includes labor and delivery. Usually everything goes well, but problems can happen. They may cause a risk to the mother, baby, or both. Some of the more common childbirth problems include:

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Convert P11.3 to ICD-9-CMHistory

The closest ICD-9-CM equivalents under the General Equivalence Mappings.

ICD-9-CM
767.5 Facial nerve inj-birth
Exact Match The mapping is direct, with no qualifiers.

Code HistoryHistory

FY 2016AddedAdded to the ICD-10-CM code setEffective October 1, 2015, the first year of ICD-10-CM.
FY 2017–2025No changes
FY 2026CurrentCurrent code set, no changesEffective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.

Questions About P11.3Overview

Is P11.3 (Other birth injuries to central nervous system) a billable code?

Yes. This is a billable ICD-10-CM code, specific enough to report birth injury to facial nerve on HIPAA-covered claims from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.

What is the ICD-9 equivalent of P11.3?

Under the General Equivalence Mappings, birth injury to facial nerve converts to ICD-9-CM 767.5 (facial nerve inj-birth). The mapping is a direct match.

Footnotes

[1] Not chronic - A diagnosis code that does not fit the criteria for chronic condition (duration, ongoing medical treatment, and limitations) is considered not chronic. Some codes designated as not chronic are acute conditions. Other diagnosis codes that indicate a possible chronic condition, but for which the duration of the illness is not specified in the code description (i.e., we do not know the condition has lasted 12 months or longer) also are considered not chronic.