ICD-10-CM Code Z37.9
Outcome of delivery, unspecified
BILLABLE
POA Exempt
Female Only
Maternity Only
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Billable Code
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.POA Exempt Code
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires medical coders to indicate whether or not a condition was present at the time of admission, in order to properly assign MS-DRG codes. This "Present On Admission" (POA) indicator is recorded on CMS form 4010A.Female Only
Code is only used for female patients.Maternity Only
Code is only used for diagnoses related to pregnancy.Z37.9 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of outcome of delivery, unspecified. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
POA Indicators on CMS form 4010A are as follows:
| Indicator | Meaning | CMS Will Pay CC/MCC DRG Costs |
|---|---|---|
| Y | Diagnosis was present at time of inpatient admission | Yes |
| N | Diagnosis was not present at time of inpatient admission | No |
| U | Documentation insufficient to determine if the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. | No |
| W | Clinically undetermined. Provider unable to clinically determine whether the condition was present at the time of inpatient admission. | Yes |
| 1 | Exempt from POA reporting | No |
Coding Notes for Z37.9 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Inclusion Terms:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive. - Multiple birth NOS
- Single birth NOS
MS-DRG Mapping
- DRG Group #767-768 - Vaginal delivery with sterilization and or d&c.
- DRG Group #767-768 - Vaginal delivery with operating room procedure except steril and or d&c.
- DRG Group #774 - Vaginal delivery with complicating diagnoses.
- DRG Group #775 - Vaginal delivery without complicating diagnoses.
- DRG Group #951 - Other factors influencing health status.
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Sepsis during labor, delivered (disorder)
- Failure of lactation - delivered (disorder)
- Placenta previa without hemorrhage - delivered (disorder)
- Vascular lesions of cord - delivered (disorder)
- Prolapsed arm - delivered (disorder)
- Rupture of uterus before labor - delivered (disorder)
- Rupture of uterus during and after labor - delivered (disorder)
- Cervical incompetence - delivered with postnatal complication (disorder)
- Peripheral neuritis in pregnancy - delivered (disorder)
- Mild hyperemesis-delivered (disorder)
- Puerperal endometritis - delivered with postnatal complication (disorder)
- Suppressed lactation - delivered with postnatal complication (disorder)
- Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy - delivered with postnatal complication (disorder)
- Precipitate labor - delivered (disorder)
- Postnatal deep vein thrombosis - delivered with postnatal complication (disorder)
- Retroverted incarcerated gravid uterus - delivered (disorder)
- High head at term - delivered (disorder)
- Antepartum hemorrhage with trauma - delivered (disorder)
- Congenital cardiovascular disorder during pregnancy - baby delivered (disorder)
- Vasa previa - delivered (disorder)
- Viable fetus in abdominal pregnancy (disorder)
- Maternal rubella during pregnancy - baby delivered (disorder)
- Maternal rubella in the puerperium - baby delivered during previous episode of care (disorder)
- Herpes gestationis - delivered (disorder)
- Puerperal peritonitis - delivered with postnatal complication (disorder)
- Maternal hypotension syndrome - delivered (disorder)
- Maternal hypotension syndrome - delivered with postnatal problem (disorder)
- Fatigue during pregnancy - delivered (disorder)
- Puerperal septicemia - delivered with postnatal complication (disorder)
- Pre-eclampsia or eclampsia with pre-existing hypertension - delivered (disorder)
- Pre-eclampsia or eclampsia with pre-existing hypertension - delivered with postnatal complication (disorder)
- Glycosuria during pregnancy - delivered (disorder)
- Glycosuria during pregnancy - delivered with postnatal complication (disorder)
- Maternal syphilis in the puerperium - baby delivered during current episode of care (disorder)
- Maternal tuberculosis in the puerperium - baby delivered during current episode of care (disorder)
- Mental disorder during pregnancy - baby delivered (disorder)
- Orthopedic disorder in the puerperium - baby delivered during current episode of care (disorder)
- Uterine scar from previous surgery in pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - delivered (disorder)
- Delayed delivery second twin - delivered (disorder)
- Obstetric high vaginal laceration - delivered (disorder)
- Obstetric anesthesia with cardiac complications - delivered (disorder)
- Obstetric anesthesia with cardiac complications - delivered with postnatal problem (disorder)
- Varicose veins of legs in pregnancy and the puerperium - delivered with postnatal complication (disorder)
- Hemorrhoids in pregnancy and the puerperium - delivered (disorder)
- Hemorrhoids in pregnancy and the puerperium - delivered with postnatal complication (disorder)
- Obstetric blood-clot pulmonary embolism - delivered (disorder)
- Obstetric nipple infection - delivered (disorder)
- Polyp of cervix - baby delivered with postpartum complication (disorder)
- Drug dependence during pregnancy - baby delivered (disorder)
- Tumor of uterine body - baby delivered (disorder)
- Tumor of uterine body complicating postpartum care - baby delivered during previous episode of care (disorder)
- Fetus with chromosomal abnormality - delivered (disorder)
- Hypertonic uterine inertia - delivered (disorder)
- Obstetric pyemic and septic pulmonary embolism - delivered (disorder)
- Obstetric non-purulent mastitis - delivered (disorder)
- Obstetric non-purulent mastitis - delivered with postnatal complication (disorder)
- Umbilical cord tight around neck - delivered (disorder)
- Obstetric perineal wound disruption - delivered with postnatal complication (disorder)
- Fourth degree perineal tear during delivery - delivered (disorder)
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'Z37.9 - Outcome of delivery, unspecified'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code Z37.9. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Outcome of delivery (Z37.9)
Outcome of delivery (Z37.9)
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Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)
Outcome of delivery, unspecified outcome of delivery
(exact match)
This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all cases where the ICD9 code V27.9 was previously used, Z37.9 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.
Parent Code: Z37 - Outcome of delivery