P11.5 Birth injury to spine and spinal cord

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Fracture of spine due to birth injury

Risk adjustment (HCC)

• CMS-HCC V28: HCC 182 — Spinal Cord Disorders/Injuries

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 791 in MDC 15.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 767.4 Injury to spine and spinal cord due to birth trauma

Code annotations containing back-references to P11.5

Back-references to P11.5

• Type 2 Excludes: P13 Birth injury to skeleton ("birth injury to spine (P11.5)")

Diagnosis Index entries for P11.5

• Birth › injury NOS › fracture › spine
• Birth › injury NOS › meninges › spinal cord
• Birth › injury NOS › paralysis › spinal
• Birth › injury NOS › rupture › spinal cord
• Birth › injury NOS › spinal cord
• Birth › injury NOS › spine
• Dislocation (articular) › spine › due to birth trauma
• Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation) › vertebra, vertebral (arch) (body) (column) (neural arch) (pedicle) (spinous process) (transverse process) › newborn (birth injury)
• Hematoma (traumatic) (skin surface intact) › spinal (cord) (meninges) › newborn (birth injury)
• Hematomyelia (central) › newborn (birth injury)
• Hematorachis, hematorrhachis › newborn (birth injury)
• Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (concealed) › spinal (cord) › newborn (birth injury)
• Laceration › spinal cord (meninges) › due to injury at birth
• Laceration › spinal cord (meninges) › newborn (birth injury)
• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) › birth injury › spinal cord
• Rupture, ruptured › spinal cord › due to injury at birth
• Rupture, ruptured › spinal cord › newborn (birth injury)

Nearby codes

• P11.0 Cerebral edema due to birth injury
• P11.1 Other specified brain damage due to birth injury
• P11.2 Unspecified brain damage due to birth injury
• P11.3 Birth injury to facial nerve
• P11.4 Birth injury to other cranial nerves
• P11.5 Birth injury to spine and spinal cord (this code)
• P11.9 Birth injury to central nervous system, unspecified