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P15

P15Other birth injuries

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

P15 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other birth injuries. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with P15

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at P15. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading P15 alone.

Risk adjustment

P15 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Code to one of these instead P15

9 child codes. Green means billable.

Questions about P15

Is P15 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
No. P15 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does P15 sit in the tabular list?
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96), in the block Birth trauma (P10-P15).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.