Q37.9

Q37.9: Unspecified cleft palate with unilateral cleft lip

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q37.9 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified cleft palate with unilateral cleft lip. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Cleft palate with cleft lip NOS

Other codes that can never be billed with Q37.9

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.

Medicare coverage

Q37.9 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Cleft›lip›with cleft palate
Cleft›palate›with cleft lip(unilateral)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.