Intraventricular hemorrhage due to birth injury

This diagnosis code signifies bleeding within the brain's ventricular system in a newborn, directly resulting from trauma sustained during the birth process. This condition can lead to neurological complications and is a serious birth injury.

Assign this code when documentation explicitly states intraventricular hemorrhage in a neonate and clearly links it to a birth injury. This typically involves findings from neuroimaging (e.g., ultrasound, CT, MRI) confirming the hemorrhage and a physician's assessment attributing it to birth trauma.

• Ensure the documentation specifies "due to birth injury" to differentiate from other causes of intraventricular hemorrhage.
• Do not use this code for intraventricular hemorrhage of unspecified or non-birth injury origin; other P codes exist for those scenarios.
• Sequence this code as a principal diagnosis when it is the primary reason for admission or encounter, or as a secondary diagnosis if it's a co-morbidity.