Z38.6
Z38.6 — Other multiple liveborn infant, born in hospital
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
Z38.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other multiple liveborn infant, born in hospital. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
Z38.6 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 Z38.6
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- Z38.61Triplet liveborn infant, delivered vaginally
- Z38.62Triplet liveborn infant, delivered by cesarean
- Z38.63Quadruplet liveborn infant, delivered vaginally
- Z38.64Quadruplet liveborn infant, delivered by cesarean
- Z38.65Quintuplet liveborn infant, delivered vaginally
- Z38.66Quintuplet liveborn infant, delivered by cesarean
- Z38.68Other multiple liveborn infant, delivered vaginally
- Z38.69Other multiple liveborn infant, delivered by cesarean
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Z38. If Z38.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- Z38.0Single liveborn infant, born in hospital
- Z38.1Single liveborn infant, born outside hospital
- Z38.2Single liveborn infant, unspecified as to place of birth
- Z38.3Twin liveborn infant, born in hospital
- Z38.4Twin liveborn infant, born outside hospital
- Z38.5Twin liveborn infant, unspecified as to place of birth
- Z38.7Other multiple liveborn infant, born outside hospital
- Z38.8Other multiple liveborn infant, unspecified as to place of birth
Questions about Z38.6
- Is Z38.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. Z38.6 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does Z38.6 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).