P15.8 Other specified birth injuries

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 794 in MDC 15.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 767.8 Other specified birth trauma (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to P15.8

Back-references to P15.8

• Type 1 Excludes: R29.891 Ocular torticollis ("torticollis due to birth injury (P15.8)")

Diagnosis Index entries for P15.8

• Birth › injury NOS › laceration › by scalpel
• Birth › injury NOS › scalpel wound
• Birth › injury NOS › specified type NEC
• Evisceration › birth injury
• Hematoma (traumatic) (skin surface intact) › birth injury NEC
• Rupture, ruptured › kidney (traumatic) › birth injury
• Torticollis (intermittent) (spastic) › due to birth injury
• Wound, open › scalpel, newborn (birth injury)

Nearby codes

• P15.2 Sternomastoid injury due to birth injury
• P15.3 Birth injury to eye
• P15.4 Birth injury to face
• P15.5 Birth injury to external genitalia
• P15.6 Subcutaneous fat necrosis due to birth injury
• P15.8 Other specified birth injuries (this code)
• P15.9 Birth injury, unspecified