Is Z37 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. Z37 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does Z37 sit in the tabular list?

Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons encountering health services in circumstances related to reproduction (Z30-Z39).

What cannot be coded together with Z37?

Z37 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

Z37

Z37 — Outcome of delivery

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z37 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for outcome of delivery. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

stillbirth (P95)

Inclusion terms

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

This category is intended for use as an additional code to identify the outcome of delivery on the mother's record. It is not for use on the newborn record.

Other codes that can never be billed with Z37

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Z37. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Z37 alone.

P95Stillbirth

Risk adjustment

Z37 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 Z37

9 child codes. Green means billable.

Questions about Z37

Is Z37 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. Z37 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Z37 sit in the tabular list?: Factors influencing health status and contact with health services (Z00-Z99), in the block Persons encountering health services in circumstances related to reproduction (Z30-Z39).
What cannot be coded together with Z37?: Z37 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.