2026 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P13.9Birth injury to skeleton, unspecified

ICD-10-CM Codes›P00–P96›P10-P15›P13

ICD-10-CM P13.9
CMSSource: CMS FY 2026 ICD-10-CM dataset · Effective Oct 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026

P13.9 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for birth injury to skeleton, unspecified. It is valid on HIPAA claims for fiscal year 2026 (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026). Coders also document this condition as fracture of vertebral column. In AHRQ's Clinical Classifications Software (CCSR), this diagnosis falls under Birth trauma.

Code Identity

ICD-10-CM Code
P13.9
Billable Status
Yes — Valid for Submission
Code Describes
Birth injury to skeleton, unspecified
Short Description
Birth injury to skeleton, unspecified
Same as the full description in the CMS dataset.
Parent Code
P13
Birth injury to skeleton

Code Classification

ChapterP00–P96Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
SectionP10-P15Birth trauma
CategoryP13Birth injury to skeleton
This CodeP13.9Birth injury to skeleton, unspecified

Approximate SynonymsGuidance

Alternate terms and clinical phrases that map to this code.

  • Fracture of vertebral column
  • Skeletal injury due to birth trauma

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.

    • Birth
      • injury NOS
        • fracture
          • bone
    • Fracture, traumatic(abduction) (adduction) (separation)
      • bone NEC
        • birth injury
    • Injury
      • skeleton, 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

Bone Diseases

Your bones help you move, give you shape and support your body. They are living tissues that rebuild constantly throughout your life. During childhood and your teens, your body adds new bone faster than it removes old bone. After about age 20, you can lose bone faster than you make bone.

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Convert P13.9 to ICD-9-CMHistory

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

ICD-9-CM
767.3 Bone injury NEC at birth
Approximate The match is approximate rather than exact.

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 P13.9Overview

Is P13.9 (Birth injury to skeleton) a billable code?

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

What is the ICD-9 equivalent of P13.9?

Under the General Equivalence Mappings, birth injury to skeleton, unspecified converts to ICD-9-CM 767.3 (bone injury NEC at birth). The mapping is approximate, so confirm the match fits the documentation.

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.