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Z38.0

Z38.0Single liveborn infant, born in hospital

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

Z38.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for single liveborn infant, born in hospital. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Inclusion terms

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

  • Single liveborn infant, born in birthing center or other health care facility

Risk adjustment

Z38.0 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 Z38.0

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share Z38. If Z38.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about Z38.0

Is Z38.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
No. Z38.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does Z38.0 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).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.