Diagnosis Code

Q36.9 CLEFT LIP, UNILATERAL


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: Q36.9

Short Description: Cleft lip, unilateral

Long Description: Cleft lip, unilateral

The code Q36.9 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • Cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37)
      • Cleft lip (Q36)
        • Q36.9 Cleft lip, unilateral

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Auricular abnormality, cleft lip, ocular abnormality syndrome
  • Cleft lip
  • Cleft lip and cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft lip retinopathy syndrome
  • Cleft lip sequence
  • Complete cleft lip
  • Complete cleft lip
  • Complete cleft lip
  • Complete left cleft lip
  • Complete left cleft lip
  • Complete left cleft lip and complete cleft of left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Complete right cleft lip
  • Complete right cleft lip
  • Complete right cleft lip and complete cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Incomplete cleft lip
  • Incomplete cleft lip
  • Incomplete cleft lip
  • Incomplete left cleft lip
  • Incomplete left cleft lip
  • Incomplete left cleft lip and incomplete cleft of left alveolar process of maxilla
  • Incomplete right cleft lip
  • Incomplete right cleft lip
  • Incomplete right cleft lip and incomplete cleft of right alveolar process of maxilla
  • Left cleft lip
  • Microbrachycephaly, ptosis, cleft lip syndrome
  • Right cleft lip
  • Verloove Vanhorick Brubakk syndrome

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code Q36.9 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Cleft lip NOS

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
Q36.9 Right Arrow 749.10 Cleft lip NOS
749.11 Unilat cleft lip-compl
749.12 Unilat cleft lip-imcompl

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
Q36 Cleft lip
Q36.0 Cleft lip, bilateral
Q36.1 Cleft lip, median


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