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Z37

Outcome of delivery

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 9 more specific codes instead:

  • Z37.0 Single live birth
  • Z37.1 Single stillbirth
  • Z37.2 Twins, both liveborn
  • Z37.3 Twins, one liveborn and one stillborn
  • Z37.4 Twins, both stillborn
  • Z37.5 Other multiple births, all liveborn (also a header)
  • Z37.6 Other multiple births, some liveborn (also a header)
  • Z37.7 Other multiple births, all stillborn
  • Z37.9 Outcome of delivery, unspecified

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 Outcome of delivery

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

  • stillbirth (P95)

Also known as

  • 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.