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
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- P95Stillbirth
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead Z37
9 child codes. Green means billable.