ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z30-Z39 › Z37 Outcome of delivery › Z37.5

Z37.5

Other multiple births, all liveborn

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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • Z37.50 Multiple births, unspecified, all liveborn
  • Z37.51 Triplets, all liveborn
  • Z37.52 Quadruplets, all liveborn
  • Z37.53 Quintuplets, all liveborn
  • Z37.54 Sextuplets, all liveborn
  • Z37.59 Other multiple births, all liveborn

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 Other multiple births, all liveborn

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.

Inherited from Z37 Outcome of delivery

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Z37.0 Single live birth Valid
Z37.1 Single stillbirth Valid
Z37.2 Twins, both liveborn Valid
Z37.3 Twins, one liveborn and one stillborn Valid
Z37.4 Twins, both stillborn Valid
Z37.6 Other multiple births, some liveborn Not billable
Z37.7 Other multiple births, all stillborn Valid
Z37.9 Outcome of delivery, unspecified Valid