767.8 BIRTH TRAUMA NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 767.8

Short Description: Birth trauma NEC

Long Description: Other specified birth trauma

Code Classification:

  • Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (760–779)
    • Other conditions originating in the perinatal period (764-779)
      • 767 Birth trauma
        • 767.8 Birth trauma NEC

This code is valid for newborn diagnoses

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 767.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Birth
    • hematoma of sternomastoid 767.8
    • injury NEC 767.9
      • adrenal gland 767.8
      • conjunctiva 767.8
      • eye 767.8
      • hematoma 767.8
        • liver (subcapsular) 767.8
        • mastoid 767.8
        • skull 767.19
        • sternomastoid 767.8
        • testes 767.8
        • vulva 767.8
      • laceration
        • by scalpel 767.8
      • liver 767.8
      • rupture
        • liver 767.8
        • spleen 767.8
        • viscera 767.8
      • scalpel wound 767.8
      • specified NEC 767.8
      • spleen 767.8
      • testes 767.8
      • vulva 767.8
    • strangulation or suffocation
      • mechanical 767.8
  • Damage
    • eye, birth injury 767.8
  • Edema, edematous 782.3
    • brain (cytotoxic) (vasogenic) 348.5
      • due to birth injury 767.8
      • fetus or newborn 767.8
    • intracranial 348.5
      • due to injury at birth 767.8
  • Encephalopathy (acute) 348.30
    • due to
      • birth injury (intracranial) 767.8
  • Evisceration
    • birth injury 767.8
  • Glaucoma (capsular) (inflammatory) (noninflammatory) (primary) 365.9
    • traumatic NEC 365.65
      • newborn 767.8
  • Hematoma (skin surface intact) (traumatic) - see also Contusion
    • birth injury 767.8
      • skull 767.19
    • liver (subcapsular) 573.8
      • birth injury 767.8
      • fetus or newborn 767.8
    • sternocleidomastoid, birth injury 767.8
    • sternomastoid, birth injury 767.8
    • testis (nontraumatic) 608.83
      • birth injury 767.8
    • vulva (nontraumatic) 624.5
      • fetus or newborn 767.8
  • Increase, increased
    • intracranial pressure 781.99
      • injury at birth 767.8
    • pressure
      • intracranial 781.99
        • injury at birth 767.8
  • Luxatio
    • bulbi due to birth injury 767.8
  • Luxation - see also Dislocation, by site
    • eyeball 360.81
      • due to birth injury 767.8
  • Monoplegia 344.5
    • brain (current episode) (see also Paralysis, brain) 437.8
      • fetus or newborn 767.8
    • newborn 767.8
  • Pressure
    • increased
      • intracranial 781.99
        • due to
          • injury at birth 767.8
  • Rupture, ruptured 553.9
    • kidney (traumatic) 866.03
      • due to birth injury 767.8
    • liver (traumatic) 864.04
      • due to birth injury 767.8
    • spleen 289.59
      • congenital 767.8
      • due to injury at birth 767.8
    • stomach 537.89
      • due to injury at birth 767.8
  • Strangulation, strangulated 994.7
    • due to birth injury 767.8
  • Torticollis (intermittent) (spastic) 723.5
    • due to birth injury 767.8
  • Wound, open (by cutting or piercing instrument) (by firearms) (cut) (dissection) (incised) (laceration) (penetration) (perforating) (puncture) (with initial hemorrhage, not internal) 879.8
    • scalpel, fetus or newborn 767.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 767.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
767.8 Right Arrow 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
P15.5 Birth injury to external genitalia
P15.8 Other specified birth injuries
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
767.0 Subdural and cerebral hemorrhage
767.11 Epicranial subaponeurotic hemorrhage (massive)
767.19 Other injuries to scalp
767.2 Fracture of clavicle due to birth trauma
767.3 Other injuries to skeleton due to birth trauma
767.4 Injury to spine and spinal cord due to birth trauma
767.5 Facial nerve injury due to birth trauma
767.6 Injury to brachial plexus due to birth trauma
767.7 Other cranial and peripheral nerve injuries due to birth trauma
767.9 Birth trauma, unspecified


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