Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 767.4
Injury to spine and spinal cord due to birth trauma
  • Short description: Spinal cord inj at birth.
  • ICD-9-CM 767.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 767.4 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 767.4.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 767.4: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 767.4 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM P11.5 Birth injury to spine and spinal cord
Applies To
  • Dislocation of spine or spinal cord due to birth trauma
  • Fracture of spine or spinal cord due to birth trauma
  • Laceration of spine or spinal cord due to birth trauma
  • Rupture of spine or spinal cord due to birth trauma
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 767.4:
  • Apoplexia, apoplexy, apoplectic (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
    • congestive (see also Disease, cerebrovascular, acute) 436
      • newborn 767.4
  • Birth
  • Dislocation (articulation) (closed) (displacement) (simple) (subluxation) 839.8
  • 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
      • with
        • hematomyelia - see Fracture, vertebra, by site, with spinal cord injury
        • injury to
          • cauda equina - see Fracture, vertebra, sacrum, with spinal cord injury
          • nerve - see Fracture, vertebra, by site, with spinal cord injury
        • paralysis - see Fracture, vertebra, by site, with spinal cord injury
        • paraplegia - see Fracture, vertebra, by site, with spinal cord injury
        • quadriplegia - see Fracture, vertebra, by site, with spinal cord injury
        • spinal concussion - see Fracture, vertebra, by site, with spinal cord injury
        • spinal cord injury (closed) NEC 806.8
      • cervical 806.0
      • chronic 733.13
      • dorsal, dorsolumbar 806.2
      • thoracic, thoracolumbar 806.2
      • atlanto-axial - see Fracture, vertebra, cervical
      • cervical (hangman) (teardrop) (closed) 805.00
      • coccyx (closed) 805.6
      • collapsed 733.13
      • compression, not due to trauma 733.13
      • dorsal (closed) 805.2
        • with spinal cord injury - see Fracture, vertebra, with spinal cord injury, dorsal
        • open 805.3
      • dorsolumbar (closed) 805.2
        • with spinal cord injury - see Fracture, vertebra, with spinal cord injury, dorsal
        • open 805.3
      • due to osteoporosis 733.13
      • fetus or newborn 767.4
      • lumbar (closed) 805.4
      • nontraumatic 733.13
      • open NEC 805.9
      • pathologic (any site) 733.13
      • sacrum (closed) 805.6
      • site unspecified (closed) 805.8
      • stress (any site) 733.95
      • thoracic (closed) 805.2
        • with spinal cord injury - see Fracture, vertebra, with spinal cord injury, thoracic
        • open 805.3
  • Hematoma (skin surface intact) (traumatic) - see also Contusion
    • spinal (cord) (meninges) - see also Injury, spinal, by site
      • fetus or newborn 767.4
      • nontraumatic 336.1
  • Hematomyelia 336.1
    • fetus or newborn 767.4
  • Hematorachis, hematorrhachis 336.1
    • fetus or newborn 767.4
  • Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic (nontraumatic) 459.0
    • spinal (cord) 336.1
      • aneurysm (ruptured) 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
  • Rupture, ruptured 553.9
    • spinal cord - see also Injury, spinal, by site
      • due to injury at birth 767.4
      • fetus or newborn 767.4
      • syphilitic 094.89
      • traumatic - see also Injury, spinal, by site
        • with fracture - see Fracture, vertebra, by site, with spinal cord injury
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • lower radicular, newborn 767.4
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