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Q37.8

Q37.8: Unspecified cleft palate with bilateral cleft lip

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exemptbilateral

Q37.8 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified cleft palate with bilateral cleft lip. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q37.8 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Other codes that can never be billed with Q37.8

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • Q35Cleft palate
  • Q36Cleft lip
  • Q38.0Congenital malformations of lips, not elsewhere classified
  • Q38.5Congenital malformations of palate, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Cleft›lip›bilateral›with cleft palate
  • Cleft›palate›with cleft lip›bilateral

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Q37

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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