ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z30-Z39 › Z38 Liveborn infants according to... › Z38.1
Single liveborn infant, born outside hospital
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Single liveborn infant, born outside hospital
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 Z38 Liveborn infants according to place of birth and type of delivery
Also known as
- This category is for use as the principal code on the initial record of a newborn baby. It is to be used for the initial birth record only. It is not to be used on the mother's record.
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Neonatal
- Newborn > born outside hospital
- Infant > liveborn > born outside hospital
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z38.0 | Single liveborn infant, born in hospital | Not billable |
| Z38.2 | Single liveborn infant, unspecified as to place of birth | Valid |
| Z38.3 | Twin liveborn infant, born in hospital | Not billable |
| Z38.4 | Twin liveborn infant, born outside hospital | Valid |
| Z38.5 | Twin liveborn infant, unspecified as to place of birth | Valid |
| Z38.6 | Other multiple liveborn infant, born in hospital | Not billable |
| Z38.7 | Other multiple liveborn infant, born outside hospital | Valid |
| Z38.8 | Other multiple liveborn infant, unspecified as to place of birth | Valid |