P15: Other birth injuries
Other birth injuries, classified under the ICD-10 group code P15, encompass a range of physical traumas your baby may experience during the birthing process. These injuries can happen due to a variety of factors, including the baby's size or position during labour and delivery, a lengthy or difficult labour, or the use of medical tools like forceps or vacuums to assist in delivery. Symptoms often reveal themselves through physical signs on your baby, such as swelling, bruising, or the absence of movement in certain body parts. Some birth injuries affect the baby's nervous system, which can lead to more serious conditions like facial paralysis or fractures. While some birth injuries are mild and heal naturally, others may need immediate medical intervention and can have lasting impacts on a child’s health and development.
Subcodes of P15:
- 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
- P15.8: Other specified birth injuries
- P15.9: Birth injury, unspecified
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