Diagnosis Code: 767.4

Short Description: Spinal cord inj at birth

Long Description: Injury to spine and spinal cord due to 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
      • 767.4 Spinal cord inj at birth

This code is valid for newborn diagnoses

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 767.4 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Apoplexia, apoplexy, apoplectic (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
  • congestive (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
    • newborn 767.4

• Birth
  • injury NEC 767.9
    • fracture
      • spine 767.4
    • meninges
      • spinal cord 767.4
    • paralysis 767.7
      • spinal (cord) (hemorrhage) (laceration) (rupture) 767.4
    • rupture
      • spinal cord 767.4
    • spinal cord 767.4

• Dislocation (articulation) (closed) (displacement) (simple) (subluxation) 839.8
  • spine (articular process) (see also Dislocation, vertebra) (closed) 839.40
    • due to birth trauma 767.4

• Fracture (abduction) (adduction) (avulsion) (compression) (crush) (dislocation) (oblique) (separation) (closed) 829.0
  • spine - see also Fracture, vertebra, by site due to birth trauma 767.4
  • vertebra, vertebral (back) (body) (column) (neural arch) (pedicle) (spine) (spinous process) (transverse process) (closed) 805.8
    • fetus or newborn 767.4

• Hematoma (skin surface intact) (traumatic) - see also Contusion
  • spinal (cord) (meninges) - see also Injury, spinal, by site
    • fetus or newborn 767.4

• Hematomyelia 336.1
  • fetus or newborn 767.4

• Hematorachis, hematorrhachis 336.1
  • fetus or newborn 767.4

• Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (nontraumatic) 459.0
  • newborn 772.9
    • spinal cord, traumatic 767.4
  • spinal (cord) 336.1
    • due to birth injury 767.4
    • fetus or newborn 767.4

• Laceration - see also Wound, open, by site
  • spinal cord (meninges) - see also Injury, spinal, by site
    • due to injury at birth 767.4
    • fetus or newborn 767.4

• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
  • birth (injury) 767.7
    • spinal cord 767.4

• Rupture, ruptured 553.9
  • spinal cord - see also Injury, spinal, by site
    • due to injury at birth 767.4
    • fetus or newborn 767.4

• Syndrome - see also Disease
  • lower radicular, newborn 767.4
  • radicular NEC 729.2
    • upper limbs 723.4
      • newborn 767.4

Crosswalk Information

The code 767.4 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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