Q37 Cleft palate with cleft lip

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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
Q37.8 Unspecified cleft palate with bilateral cleft lip
Q37.9 Unspecified cleft palate with unilateral cleft lip

Instructional notes

Chapter 17

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.

inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88)

Notes

Codes from this chapter are not for use on maternal records

Section Q35-Q37

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.

Robin's syndrome (Q87.0)

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code to identify associated malformation of the nose (Q30.2)

This code

Includes

cheilopalatoschisis

Chapter 17: Congenital malformations, deformations, chromosomal abnormalities, and genetic disorders (Q00-QA1) · Q35-Q37 Cleft lip and cleft palate (Q35-Q37)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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