Other injuries to skeleton due to birth trauma

This code signifies skeletal injuries in a newborn resulting from the birthing process, excluding intracranial or spinal injuries. These can include fractures of long bones, clavicle, or ribs, or epiphyseal separations, directly attributable to mechanical forces during delivery. The injury is acute and present at birth.

Apply this code when documentation clearly indicates a fracture or other skeletal injury (e.g., epiphyseal separation) in a neonate, explicitly linked to birth trauma. This typically involves physician notes detailing the injury, its location, and the causal relationship to the delivery.

• Always sequence this code after the primary diagnosis for the newborn's condition, if applicable, or as the principal diagnosis if the skeletal injury is the primary reason for admission/encounter.
• Do not use for intracranial or spinal injuries due to birth trauma; refer to specific codes for those conditions.
• Ensure documentation specifies "birth trauma" as the etiology, not just a congenital anomaly or injury from another cause.