Diagnosis Code

Q37.3 CLEFT SOFT PALATE WITH UNILATERAL CLEFT LIP


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: Q37.3

Short Description: Cleft soft palate with unilateral cleft lip

Long Description: Cleft soft palate with unilateral cleft lip

The code Q37.3 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • Cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37)
      • Cleft palate with cleft lip (Q37)
        • Q37.3 Cleft soft palate with unilateral cleft lip

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Cleft of soft palate and cleft lip
  • Cleft soft palate with left cleft lip
  • Cleft soft palate with left cleft lip
  • Cleft soft palate with left cleft lip and cleft of left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft soft palate with right cleft lip
  • Cleft soft palate with right cleft lip
  • Cleft soft palate with right cleft lip and cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft upper lip, upper jaw AND palate
  • Cleft upper lip, upper jaw AND palate

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code Q37.3 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Cleft soft palate with cleft lip NOS

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
Q37.3 Right Arrow 749.21 Unil cleft palat/lip-com
749.22 Unil cleft palat/lip-inc

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
Q37 Cleft palate with cleft lip
Q37.0 Cleft hard palate with bilateral cleft lip
Q37.1 Cleft hard palate with unilateral cleft lip
Q37.2 Cleft soft palate with bilateral cleft lip
Q37.4 Cleft hard and soft palate with bilateral cleft lip
Q37.5 Cleft hard and soft palate with unilateral cleft lip
Q37.8 Unspecified cleft palate with bilateral cleft lip
Q37.9 Unspecified cleft palate with unilateral cleft lip


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023