P15.8 is the authoritative medical code for Other specified birth injuries. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for other specified birth injuries (ICD-10-CM P15.8), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Other specified birth injuries is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code P15.8.
Codes in This Family (9)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as P15.8, with their registry titles.
- P15 — Other birth injuries
- P15.0 — Birth injury to liver
- P15.1 — Birth injury to spleen
- 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
- P15.9 — Birth injury, unspecified
Indexed Clinical Terms (8)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- 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)
Related Codes & Numerical Sequence (Crawl Map)
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ICD Code P10.8
Other intracranial lacerations and hemorrhages due to birth injury
ICD Code P14.8
Birth injuries to other parts of peripheral nervous system