P10 — Intracranial laceration and hemorrhage due to birth injury
Is P10 billable?
No — P10 is a non-billable header code. P10 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 7 billable codes beneath P10.
Billable codes under this header
- P10.0Subdural hemorrhage due to birth injury
- P10.1Cerebral hemorrhage due to birth injury
- P10.2Intraventricular hemorrhage due to birth injury
- P10.3Subarachnoid hemorrhage due to birth injury
- P10.4Tentorial tear due to birth injury
- P10.8Other intracranial lacerations and hemorrhages due to birth injury
- P10.9Unspecified intracranial laceration and hemorrhage due to birth injury
P10 at a glance
| Code | P10 |
|---|---|
| Description | Intracranial laceration and hemorrhage due to birth injury |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with P10 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 16
The conditions below are not part of P10, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, P10 and the excluded code may both be reported.
What codes fall under P10? (7)
- P10.0Subdural hemorrhage due to birth injury
- P10.1Cerebral hemorrhage due to birth injury
- P10.2Intraventricular hemorrhage due to birth injury
- P10.3Subarachnoid hemorrhage due to birth injury
- P10.4Tentorial tear due to birth injury
- P10.8Other intracranial lacerations and hemorrhages due to birth injury
- P10.9Unspecified intracranial laceration and hemorrhage due to birth injury
How long has P10 existed?
P10 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
Which codes are confused with P10?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with P10 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.