ICD-10-CM Codes
P00-P96 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
P10-P15 Birth trauma
P15- Other birth injuries
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P15.1

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P15.1

Birth injury to spleen

2016

2017

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2019

2020

2021

Billable/Specific Code

Code on Newborn Record

P15.1 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM P15.1 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of P15.1 - other international versions of ICD-10 P15.1 may differ.

ICD-10-CM Coding Rules

P15.1 should be used on the newborn record - not on the maternal record.

Applicable To

Rupture of spleen due to birth injury

The following code(s) above P15.1 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to P15.1:

P00-P96
2021 ICD-10-CM Range P00-P96
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Includes
- conditions that have their origin in the fetal or perinatal period (before birth through the first 28 days after birth) even if morbidity occurs later
Note
- Codes from this chapter are for use on newborn records only, never on maternal records
Type 2 Excludes
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- tetanus neonatorum (A33)
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

ICD-10-CM P15.1 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

794 Neonate with other significant problems

Convert P15.1 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to P15.1:

Birth
- injury NOS P15.9
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P15.9
  Birth injury, unspecified
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code Code on Newborn Record
  - spleen P15.1
Rupture, ruptured
- spleen (traumatic) S36.09
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S36.09
  Other injury of spleen
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
  - birth injury P15.1
  - congenital P15.1 (birth injury)

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To P15.1

P13.9 Birth injury to skeleton, unspecified

P14 Birth injury to peripheral nervous system

P14.0 Erb's paralysis due to birth injury

P14.1 Klumpke's paralysis due to birth injury

P14.2 Phrenic nerve paralysis due to birth injury

P14.3 Other brachial plexus birth injuries

P14.8 Birth injuries to other parts of peripheral nervous system

P14.9 Birth injury to peripheral nervous system, unspecified

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

P15.8 Other specified birth injuries

P15.9 Birth injury, unspecified

P19 Metabolic acidemia in newborn

P19.0 Metabolic acidemia in newborn first noted before onset of labor

P19.1 Metabolic acidemia in newborn first noted during labor

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code P15.1

Birth injury to spleen

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period

Birth injury, unspecified

Other injury of spleen