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Q36

Cleft lip

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • Q36.0 Cleft lip, bilateral
  • Q36.1 Cleft lip, median
  • Q36.9 Cleft lip, unilateral

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Cleft lip

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • cleft lip with cleft palate (Q37.-)

Includes

  • cheiloschisis
  • congenital fissure of lip
  • harelip
  • labium leporinum

Inherited from the Q35-Q37 section Cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • Robin's syndrome (Q87.0)

Use additional code

  • code to identify associated malformation of the nose (Q30.2)