P12.4: Monitoring injury of scalp of newborn
The child’s scalp was injured during the birth.
The scalp suffers a wound if, during the birth, certain examinations are carried out on the scalp. These examinations form part of overseeing the birth.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Source
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