Is Q37 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Q37 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Q37 sit in the tabular list?

Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37).

Q37

Q37 — Cleft palate with cleft lip

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Q37 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cleft palate with cleft lip. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Includes

Conditions this code covers.

cheilopalatoschisis

Other codes that can never be billed with Q37

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Q37. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Q37 alone.

Q18Other congenital malformations of face and neck
Q35Cleft palate
Q36Cleft lip
Q38.0Congenital malformations of lips, not elsewhere classified
Q38.5Congenital malformations of palate, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

Q37 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Code to one of these instead Q37

8 child codes. Green means billable.

Questions about Q37

Is Q37 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Q37 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Q37 sit in the tabular list?: Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37).