P11.5

ICD-10Billable

Birth injury to spine and spinal cord

Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)

Birth injury to spine and spinal cord

P11.5 is valid for submission on a claim — CMS flags it as a billable, specific code.

Inclusion terms

Fracture of spine due to birth injury

Related codes in P11

P11.0Cerebral edema due to birth injury
P11.1Other specified brain damage due to birth injury
P11.2Unspecified brain damage due to birth injury
P11.3Birth injury to facial nerve
P11.4Birth injury to other cranial nerves
P11.9Birth injury to central nervous system, unspecified

Where this code sits

Chapter: 16. Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
Block: Birth trauma (P10-P15)
Parent code: P11

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Source

ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.