ICD-10-CM › Z00-Z99 › Z30-Z39 › Z38.6 Other multiple liveborn infant,... › Z38.62
Triplet liveborn infant, delivered by cesarean
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 Triplet liveborn infant, delivered by cesarean
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.
- Triplet
- Neonatal
- Newborn > triplet > born in hospital > by cesarean
- Infant > liveborn > triplet > born in hospital > by cesarean
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Z38.61 | Triplet liveborn infant, delivered vaginally | Valid |
| Z38.63 | Quadruplet liveborn infant, delivered vaginally | Valid |
| Z38.64 | Quadruplet liveborn infant, delivered by cesarean | Valid |
| Z38.65 | Quintuplet liveborn infant, delivered vaginally | Valid |
| Z38.66 | Quintuplet liveborn infant, delivered by cesarean | Valid |
| Z38.68 | Other multiple liveborn infant, delivered vaginally | Valid |
| Z38.69 | Other multiple liveborn infant, delivered by cesarean | Valid |