Diagnosis Code

Q37.8 UNSPECIFIED CLEFT PALATE WITH BILATERAL CLEFT LIP


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: Q37.8

Short Description: Unspecified cleft palate with bilateral cleft lip

Long Description: Unspecified cleft palate with bilateral cleft lip

The code Q37.8 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)
        • Q37.8 Unspecified cleft palate with bilateral cleft lip

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Bilateral incomplete cleft lip and bilateral incomplete cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Bilateral incomplete cleft palate and bilateral incomplete cleft lip
  • Cleft palate and bilateral cleft lip
  • Cleft palate and bilateral cleft lip
  • Cleft palate with bilateral cleft lip and bilateral cleft of alveolar process of maxilla
  • Cleft upper lip, upper jaw AND palate
  • Incomplete bilateral cleft lip
  • Incomplete bilateral cleft lip
  • Incomplete bilateral cleft palate
  • Incomplete cleft lip
  • Incomplete cleft lip
  • Incomplete cleft palate
  • Incomplete left cleft lip
  • Incomplete left cleft lip
  • Incomplete right cleft lip
  • Incomplete right cleft lip

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
Q37.8 Right Arrow 749.23 Bilat clft palat/lip-com
749.24 Bilat clft 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
Q37.3 Cleft soft palate with unilateral cleft lip
Q37.4 Cleft hard and soft palate with bilateral cleft lip
Q37.5 Cleft hard and soft palate with unilateral cleft lip
Q37.9 Unspecified cleft palate with unilateral cleft lip


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