767.9 BIRTH TRAUMA NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 767.9

Short Description: Birth trauma NOS

Long Description: Birth trauma, unspecified

Code Classification:

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

This code is valid for newborn diagnoses

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 767.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Accident, accidental - see also condition
    • birth NEC 767.9
  • Birth
    • compression during NEC 767.9
    • injury NEC 767.9
      • adrenal gland 767.8
      • basal ganglia 767.0
      • brachial plexus (paralysis) 767.6
      • brain (compression) (pressure) 767.0
      • cerebellum 767.0
      • cerebral hemorrhage 767.0
      • conjunctiva 767.8
      • eye 767.8
      • fracture
        • bone, any except clavicle or spine 767.3
        • clavicle 767.2
        • femur 767.3
        • humerus 767.3
        • long bone 767.3
        • radius and ulna 767.3
        • skeleton NEC 767.3
        • skull 767.3
        • spine 767.4
        • tibia and fibula 767.3
      • hematoma 767.8
        • liver (subcapsular) 767.8
        • mastoid 767.8
        • skull 767.19
        • sternomastoid 767.8
        • testes 767.8
        • vulva 767.8
      • intracranial (edema) 767.0
      • laceration
        • brain 767.0
        • by scalpel 767.8
        • peripheral nerve 767.7
      • liver 767.8
      • meninges
        • brain 767.0
        • spinal cord 767.4
      • nerves (cranial, peripheral) 767.7
        • brachial plexus 767.6
        • facial 767.5
      • paralysis 767.7
        • brachial plexus 767.6
        • Erb (-Duchenne) 767.6
        • facial nerve 767.5
        • Klumpke (-D�j�rine) 767.6
        • radial nerve 767.6
        • spinal (cord) (hemorrhage) (laceration) (rupture) 767.4
      • rupture
        • intracranial 767.0
        • liver 767.8
        • spinal cord 767.4
        • spleen 767.8
        • viscera 767.8
      • scalp 767.19
      • scalpel wound 767.8
      • skeleton NEC 767.3
      • specified NEC 767.8
      • spinal cord 767.4
      • spleen 767.8
      • subdural hemorrhage 767.0
      • tentorial, tear 767.0
      • testes 767.8
      • vulva 767.8
    • trauma NEC 767.9
  • Compression
    • during birth 767.9
  • Injury 959.9
    • forceps NEC 767.9
      • scalp 767.19
  • Pressure
    • birth, fetus or newborn NEC 767.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 767.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
767.9 Right Arrow P15.9 Birth injury, unspecified
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
767.8 Other specified birth trauma


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014